A Level Programme Admission Notice of Budhanilkantha School
Situated at the foothills of Shivapuri National Park in Kathmandu, Budhanilkantha School announces admission open for Cambridge International 'A' Level programs:
Key Details:
- Application Submission Deadline: Baisakh 01, 2082 (14th April, 2025)
- Entrance Test: Baisakh 3, 2082, Wednesday (15th April,2025) at 9:00 AM
Documents to be submitted
- Completed application form
- Mark sheets of classes 8,9 &10
- Copy of SEE Admit Card
- Latest school examination results
The Entrance Test assumes that candidates have followed Nepal's national curriculum. The following summaries will help you understand the depth of knowledge tested. The total duration of the Entrance Test will be around 3 hours.
1. English Language
The English Language course demands a high standard both in the understanding of written English as well as the ability to write fluently and accurately. The Entrance Test is in two parts.
Comprehension: This will consist of passages or passages of prose upon which questions will be set to test the candidates' ability to understand the content and argument of the given text and to infer information and meaning from it. Candidates will also be expected to demonstrate a full understanding of particular phrases and vocabulary. Questions to test the ability to summarize may also be included.
Essay: There will be a choice of alternative subjects. It is expected that the work will be free of serious grammatical errors and will show a wide vocabulary and an ability to handle complete sentence structures with confidence. If a story is written, candidates will be expected to create convincing characters, settings, and plots and the ability to use language effectively for these purposes. Candidates choosing a discursive topic will be expected to construct coherent and convincing arguments expressing their views clearly in precise and controlled English.
2. Mathematics
Arithmetic: Proportion, simple financial transactions, profit and loss, simple interest, length, area and volume, the menstruation of rectangle, triangle, parallelogram,and trapezium, length of circumference and area of a circle, mean, median, mode and probability.
Algebra: The basic process of Algebra: Interpretation, evaluation, and easy manipulation of formula, laws of indices, simplifications, factorization, and algebraic fraction, solution of simple linear equations, quadratic equations, and pairs of simultaneous linear equations (including graphical method). Finding square roots of algebraic expressions, progressions - Arithmetic and Geometric, HCF & LCM of algebraic expressions, factor and remainder theorem.
Geometry: Definitions and theorems on parallel lines, triangles, congruent triangles, similar triangles, parallelograms, and circles and construction of triangles, parallelograms, quadrilaterals, and squares.
Rectangular cartesian coordinates: Distance between two points, the gradient of a straight line, equations of a straight line in different forms, Pythagoras theorem- its properties and applications.
Trigonometry: Trigonometric ratios and their relationship, simple identities and conditional identities, solving trigonometric equations, solutions of a right-angled triangle circular measure, half-angle and double-angle formulae and their applications, heights, and distances.
Vectors : Properties of vector addition & subtraction, simple vector geometry.
Metrics ( 2X2): Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Determinate, Inverse
Transformation: Translation, Reflection, Rotation, Enlargement and Composite Transformation.
Statistics: Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation
3. General Science
The factual knowledge required of the candidates is contained in the syllabuses for Science (physics, chemistry and biology) of classes 9 & 10. Besides these, the candidates are expected to know the current happenings in the scientific world.
The Budhanilkantha Entrance Test, however, is designed to assess the candidates' understanding of basic scientific principles and not just the factual recall of syllabus material.
4. Social Studies
The questions on social studies will be based mainly on high school social studies courses and other general knowledge relating to national and international issues.
In this way, a candidate needs to attempt questions from all appropriate sections of the test in order to qualify in the entrance test.
About the School
Budhanilkantha School, the national school of Nepal, is a fully residential school that draws students from all parts of the country. Candidates and their Guardians must understand the implications of this and appreciate its philosophy. A positive willingness to join in the full range of recreational and extra-curricular activities and to accept the discipline and restraints of boarding school life is essential for all students.
