COVID-19: Nepal SEE 2076 Examinations Postponed!

In the eleventh hour, the Nepali Government has announced that all the forthcoming Secondary Education Examination (SEE) 2076 schedules have been postponed until further notice in view of growing COVID-19 threat.

As per the SEE 2076 schedule, the examinations were supposed to be conducted from today i.e., March 19, 2020 (Chaitra 06, 2076).

Earlier, the Nepali National Examination Board decided to conduct examinations in a fearless environment by taking measures such as prohibiting unnecessary gatherings at the center, only 300 students in a center and 20-30 students in a class.

Likewise, they also decided to set up health desks at the examination centers to check body temperature of students, employees, security persons and examination inspectors before the exam.

[UPDATE: Live News! Government Cancels ‘SEE Examinations 2020’!]

• Total number of students appearing for the exam – 482,707
• Total Workforce – 65,000

Each of the 1,995 centers consists-

• 16 security personnel
• 1 superintendent
• 2 assistant superintendents
• 1 invigilator for every 20 students
• 1 exam assistant for every 100 students
• 1 nurse for every 50 students

However, the government has decided to postpone examinations as there is a great scope for coronavirus outbreak owing to a large number of students and the workforce.