KATHMANDU: The National Examinations Board (NEB) is making preparations to publish the results of XII in the third week of January.

Durga Prasad Aryal, a member secretary of NEB, informed that the answer sheets have checked and verified and now the job of data entry is taking place.

“The preparations are on a war footing,” said Aryal, adding, “The results will be out in the third week of January,” said Aryal.

The exams of XII had been held from November 24 to November 31 in which as many as 433,080 examinees had participated.

The exams had been delayed by almost eight months due to COVID-19 pandemic this time.