Class 12 Exam From Today - 4105 Exam Centers and 4.32 Lakh Students:
Class 12 examination, which was postponed in Baishakh due to Covid-19, is starting from today. The exam, which will be attended by 432,500 students from across the country, will be held in 4,105 schools, and health standards have been fully adopted in the exam.
The fever of the student appearing in the examination must be tested. Masks are mandatory. They will be able to take the exam for about an hour and a half at their own school, i.e. the board has arranged a home center.
Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Chandra Mani Poudel informed that only 20 people can be accommodated in a room with a distance of two meters. The board says that the examination was conducted with the help of local bodies.
The National Examination Board has made arrangements to conduct the examination from the examination centers of different districts. For that, the concerned school will have to send the admission card to the student. According to the board, the number of students taking the exam from different districts is around 13,000. Others have been barred from entering since the exams began. The head of the center and the inspector have also made it mandatory to test for fever and wear a mask.
The school will have to have a health center. Chairman of the Board Prada Poudel informed that all the preparations for the examination starting from today have been completed. "Question papers have already reached the mountainous and high hill districts. In the case of others, we will send the question papers online only after the students enter the examination hall," said Chairman Prada Poudel.
A separate cord has been arranged for all the centers to view the question papers. There is an arrangement to view the question paper according to the code number.
This year, the board has prepared different question papers according to the provinces including Upatyaka, Purvanchal, and Paschimanchal.
"We have prepared about five sets of question papers on compulsory subjects," said Chairman Prada Poudel. The board has made arrangements to give a separate examination to the students who have seen covid infection.
The board has stated that the examination will be conducted as mentioned in the examination procedure. Before the examination, all the provincial and liaison offices have already given instructions to all the central chairpersons on the working procedure through a virtual medium.
All security forces will be mobilized to stop the unrestrained activities. A control room has been arranged in the board for monitoring and supervising the examination. Board Chairperson Prada Poudel, Member Secretary Durga Aryal, Controller of Examinations Krishna Prasad Sharma, and officials of the three security agencies will inquire about the status of the examination from the room.
The examination will be monitored by the Provincial Examination Office, the Education Branch of the local body, and the District Education Coordinating Committee. The exam will be held from 8 am to 9.30 am. It will be operational from 9th Mangsir to 16th Mangsir. The board is going to conduct examinations for only 40 percent this year. Out of the remaining 60 percent, 40 percent marks will be added from the internal assessment of class 11 and 20 percent from class 12.
40 percent marks will be added to the assessment of class 12 by considering the thematic marks obtained in the theoretical side in the annual or grade increment examination of class 11 as 100 percent.
Minister for Education Giriraj Mani Pokharel has appealed to the candidates to participate in the examination by following the criteria against Covid.
He made the video appeal public on social media to reassure students and parents about the exams, which are set to begin on Tuesday, seven months after they were postponed due to the risk of infection with Covid-19.
Minister Pokharel has also requested the students to take the exam with confidence. He has requested to take necessary precautions even when coming to the examination center from home.
Minister Pokharel has clarified that the class 12 examination is being held to ensure that there is no question about the qualification certificate obtained by the students anywhere in the country and abroad.
He also requested the examinees to follow the health standards correctly and set an example for others. He requested the parents not to crowd around the examination center and mentioned that the role of the local government would be important for the successful completion of the examination.
He said that the examination could not be successful without the leadership of the main local government even though it was for all the three levels of government to complete the examination and requested the local government to take initiative by staying in the forefront.
