14,057 Students Pass Kathmandu Metropolitan City Class 11 and 12 Scholarship Exam
Kathmandu Metropolitan City has announced that 14,057 students have passed the examination conducted for the 10 percent scholarship provided by institutional schools in Classes 11 and 12. A total of 22,020 students participated in the examination held for scholarships for the academic session 2083/84.
According to Ramchandra Khadka, member-secretary of the examination committee, the preliminary merit-based result of students who scored at least 40 marks has been published. Students who are not satisfied with the result may apply for re-totaling by Jestha 20.
One student secured the highest score of 92 marks in the examination. One student secured the second-highest score of 91 marks, while five students secured the third-highest score of 90 marks. The scholarship examination was conducted at 83 centers.
For the examination, 26,888 students applied through the online system, including 16,549 male students, 10,333 female students, and six others. Among them, 26,603 applications were approved. Of the approved applicants, 22,020 students appeared in the examination.
Selection to Be Made on Merit Basis
According to examination committee member-secretary Khadka, not all students who passed will receive scholarships.
“There are around 5,000 quotas. Selection will be made on the basis of merit,” he said. “We have prepared the procedure. It has specified what percentage will be allocated to whom.”
The scholarships provided by the schools chosen by students will be distributed on the basis of merit. Schools are required to provide scholarships based on the number of students. The procedure states that schools with up to 500 students must provide at least 10 percent scholarship, schools with 500 to 800 students must provide at least 12 percent scholarship, and schools with more than 800 students must provide at least 15 percent scholarship.
The Compulsory and Free Education Act also states that scholarships in institutional schools shall be provided on the basis of the number of students. The Metropolitan City has stated that it has prepared the procedure on the same basis.
According to the Metropolitan City, scholarships will be provided by treating the total number as 100 percent. However, while calculating the total number of students, students studying on scholarship under the procedure will not be counted.
On the basis of student numbers, the 10 to 15 percent scholarship will be treated as 100 percent and divided among different groups. Of this, 35 percent has been allocated for students who studied in community schools, 10 percent for students who studied in institutional schools, and 19 percent for students who studied in community or institutional schools and are permanent residents of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
Similarly, 1 percent of seats has been allocated for students who are permanent residents of the landfill site-affected area and studied in community or institutional schools. Member-secretary Khadka said the remaining 35 percent of seats will be treated as 100 percent and applied in the case of students who appeared in the SEE from community schools.
