– Prakash Silwal
Kathmandu, June 18: Though comparatively a more number of girl students appeared in the recent Secondary Education Exam (SEE), boys students outnumber in achieving the good results.
The results of SEE-2073 BS that the Office of Controller of Examinations had published Friday, put the number of students passed with the Grade Point Average (GPA) from 3.65-4 at 12,284. Among them, boys constitute 3.75 percent while girls constitute the remaining 2.34 percent.
A total of 445,564 students (223,882 or 50.24 percent girls and 221,682 or 49.75 percent boys) had taken the exams.
Likewise, in 3.25-3.60 GPA, the numbers of boys is higher than the girls. A total of 42,427 students passed with this GPA, the percentage secured by boys is 11.24 while the remaining 7.82 percent are girls.
Deputy Controller at the OCE Gehanath Gautam emphasized on reforming the learning facilitation activities in the classroom, strengthening the appropriate learning environment in school and consolidating the learning and assessment system based on the syllabus.
Vice-president of the Guardians Association of Nepal, Sarita Aryal said although girls surpassed boys in school enrolment and among the examinees, the more number of boys among those who passed the examinations showed the gender disparity in the education achievement. She stressed that this could be changed through social campaign.
Educationist Dr. Mana Prasad Wagley said the SEE system cannot be considered to have made the right evaluation of the students’ standard and therefore the results of the letter grading system cannot be taken as overall improvement in the quality.
He argued that more than 100 thousand students are likely to be deprived of studying in Class 11 as they have achieved less score in English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies required for eligibility to get enrolled in Class 11. A score of at least 30 is required in these subjects for getting enrolment in Class 11. RSS
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