NEB Grade 12 Exam - 40 Marks Online Exam:
After a long period of homework, the postponed class 12 examination will be held online for 40 marks out of the Full Marks. The National Examination Board (NEB) has recommended the government to conduct an online examination of 40 marks out of 100 Full Marks, experimental marks of 20 marks, and total marks of class 11 in the remaining 40 marks.
The decision will be implemented after the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology send a proposal to the Council of Ministers approving the mixed format examination. According to an official of the ministry, the government will make a decision soon as per the board's recommendation. The government has already issued Student Learning Facilitation Directive-2077 so that those who do not have access to online can use other means of information technology as well.
When conducting the exam online, students will have access to textbooks and resources, even if they have to prepare answers at a certain time from their place of residence. As there will be no examination center, guards, and security personnel, it will be an open examination in away.
The exam, which was scheduled for April 20, was postponed due to the bandh on March 24. A total of 432,000 students had applied for the exam. The board has issued a notice on September 11 requesting that the students who have applied for the class 12 examination be relocated to other districts within seven days if they have migrated to other districts due to the corona epidemic or other reasons.
Earlier, the Board of Secondary Education Examination (SEE) Class 10 has been verified by the board based on the decision of the government and it has been decided that class 11 will also be certified through the same process. As there is a final examination at the secondary level and it should also have international recognition, the board has suggested the option of conducting the examination in a mixed format. The ministry had formed a separate task force comprising ministry officials and board officials to suggest the examination.
After the implementation of the Education Act (2028) (Eighth Amendment) 2073 BS, the then Higher Secondary Education Council was disbanded and transformed into the National Examination Board. The work-related to school permit, scholarship, school operation will be managed from the local level and the work related to curriculum development, development, and equivalence determination will be done by the curriculum development center.
While preparations are being made to conduct the 10th and 11th class examinations at the province and local levels by preparing a legal structure, this year's corona epidemic has automatically gone for internal assessment, and policy and legal arrangements are being prepared for its management from next year. Constitutionally, the operation and management of secondary education are under the jurisdiction of the local level and the establishment of an examination mechanism accordingly has been delayed.
