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By Our Reporter

After postponing for eight months, the government has managed to conduct the crucial board examinations of grade 12 since Tuesday. The students and parents were worried by the uncertainty of the exams as the students could not pursue higher education without passing grade 12 exams.

The examinations of the first day held peacefully on Tuesday following all health protocols amidst the fear of COVID-19 pandemic, the National Examinations Board (NEB) stated.

A total of 433,000 examinees from 4,105 schools across the country sat for the examinations. Out of them, 17,000 examinees have appeared for the examination in the centres near their current residence while the rest did so from their own schools.

The exams will conclude on December 2.

According to NEB, the first-day exam held peacefully across the country. The examinations start from 8 am and lasts for a one-and-a-half hour, and each subject carries 40 per cent of the full marks.

Of the remaining 60 per cent marks, 40 per cent will be added from the marks obtained in Grade 11 and 20 per cent from internal evaluation, according to the NEB.

The results of the examinations will be published one month after the completion of examinations, NEB stated.