Over 4,000 Students to Take SEE Exam in Syangja; Number of Examination Centers Reduced

March 25, Syangja — A total of 4,275 students from Syangja are set to participate in this year’s Secondary Education Examination (SEE).

According to the Education Development and Coordination Unit of Syangja, 3,221 students will appear in the regular category, while 1,054 students will take the exam under the grade improvement category.

The examinations will commence on Chaitra 19 (April 1). Notably, this year, the number of male students surpasses that of female students. Of the total, 2,174 are male students, while 2,101 are female, indicating 73 more males than females.

In the technical stream, 116 students from six schools across the district will take the SEE exam. Additionally, 16 students from the Sanskrit and Vedic education streams are preparing to sit for the examination.

Across the district’s 11 local levels, 21 examination centers have been designated. Each center will be overseen by the principal or vice-principal of the respective school designated as the chief examiner.

Chief of the Education Development and Coordination Unit Syangja, Bishwaraj Acharya, stated that preparations for the exam have been accelerated. Meetings with center chiefs, monitoring visits, and orientation programs are currently underway. Answer booklets have already been delivered to remote centers, with distribution to remaining centers progressing steadily.

Syangja’s Walung Municipality hosts the highest number of centers, with five, followed by Putalibazar Municipality, which has three centers. Both Bhirkot, Galyang, and Chapakot Municipalities have two centers each, as does Kaligandaki Rural Municipality. All other rural municipalities have been assigned one center each.

Compared to last year, both the number of students and examination centers have decreased. Last year, 4,992 students participated, marking a reduction of 717 students this year. Consequently, the number of examination centers has been reduced from 25 to 21.

According to the office, centers with fewer than the minimum required number of students were closed. This year, Tribhuvan Adarsha Secondary School in Putalibazar has the highest number of students among community schools, while Pioneer Secondary School in Walung has the highest attendance among institutional schools.