Test Begins

Over three hundred thousand students appear for the annual test this year

By A CORRESPONDENT

The annual School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination started this year across the country from March 27. According to Office of Controller of Examination (OCE), 332181 examinees will appear for the test this year – more by around 20,000 students compared to previous year.

Around 16,609 exam controllers and 45000 security personnel have been mobilized for the conduction of examination. Around 994 exam centers have been fixed across the country – mostly in urban areas and district headquarters. Chief of OCE Gajendra Lal Pradhan has appealed to all concerned to let the annual test be conducted in a peaceful atmosphere.

This year also the SLC examination is beginning under the shadow of violence and insecurity. All the exam centers have been moved to district headquarters or urban centers for reasons of security. Just last week, Maoists exploded a bomb in Mahendra Multiple Campus in Nepalgunj on Sunday morning while students were busy taking their tests. Around 300 students of Intermediate level were busy taking tests when the bomb exploded. Campus chief Sitaram Raj Bista said that the explosion petrified the students.