A total of 484,227 students are taking their exams though 516,591 students studying in Grade 9 filled up their registration form for the SEE. It is said that 2,037 examination centers have been designated for SEE.
These include 2,036 exam centers in 77 districts and one in Japan where 14 students are sitting for the SEE exam. According to SEE Examinations Controller Bishnu Narayan Shrestha Shrestha, the students in Japan are taking their SEE from an academic institution in Tokyo which teaches Nepali curriculum with the approval from the government of Japan. The highest number of examinees are in Bagmati Province (106,959) and the lowest in Karnali Province (41,329). Around 15,000 students will be taking the exams in the technical stream. Similarly, 2,982 students from 65 schools are running courses in Sanskrit and 50 blind students are appearing in the SEE this year. Students from 11,829 schools, including 7,200 communities and 4,564 institutional ones are sitting in the SEE. Seventy-eight thousand human resources have been mobilized at the examination centers throughout the country. It is said that the Province Examination Operation and Management Committee formed under the leadership of Province Secretary in every province would operate, manage and monitor the examinations in the provinces remaining under the scope of National Examination Board's directives. The District Examination Coordination Committee formed comprising Chief District Officer, chiefs of security bodies in every district have completed all necessary tasks including designating invigilators in examination centers, imparting orientation to stakeholders.
