Sasmit Pokharel, Nepal’s Minister for Education, Science and Technology, has announced that the government will conduct supplementary preparation classes for students who were marked non-graded in the Secondary Education Examination (SEE).
Speaking at a meeting of the House of Representatives’ Education, Health, and Information Technology Committee on Tuesday, Minister Pokharel said the government had fulfilled its commitment to publish the SEE results within one month. He added that special preparation classes would now be organized for students planning to take the grade improvement (chance) examinations.
According to the SEE results published on Monday, 284,160 students or 65.98 percent of the total examinees passed the examination, while 146,507 students were categorized as non-graded.
Minister Pokharel also said the government is carrying out a detailed study of school buildings, playgrounds, teachers, and other educational infrastructure across the country. Based on the findings, the government plans to restructure the entire infrastructure system at the school level.
During the meeting, lawmakers urged the government to pay special attention to the education of children displaced from squatter settlements, introduce the long-awaited education bill immediately, and arrange e-book facilities for students.
Lawmakers also drew the government’s attention to alleged irregularities in the school meal program and called for solutions to problems faced by 17 categories of teachers. The meeting further emphasized the need to revise curricula to promote vocational and skill-based education.
According to senior officials at the Ministry of Education, there are currently 232,105 teachers and staff working in 27,000 community schools across Nepal.
