SEE begins today

KATHMANDU: The Secondary Education Examination (SEE) is beginning today (Thursday).

Altogether 504,414 students from 10,806 schools are appearing in the exam that will run through April 9, informed Nandalal Poudel, SEE Exam Controller at the Board.

Among the aspiring examinees, 250,772 are female and 253,627 were male and 15 were sexual and gender minorities.

Altogether 2,064 exam centers have been set up for the exam with the highest in Kathmandu at 127 and lowest in Manang and Mustang district at one each, said Exam Controller Poudel.

Over 500,000 question papers and answer sheets have already reached all 77 districts.

Meanwhile, one exam center has been set up in Japan where 23 students are expected to sit for the exam, he added.

A total of 77,485 human resources will be mobilized directly to conduct the exam smoothly, the Board said.