Pooja Neupane, a tenth grader at Seti Devi Panchakanya Secondary School at Kubhinde could not prepare for the exam as she expected. She is worried that she would not be able to secure excellent marks. Her house collapsed in the earthquake and her books and notebooks were buried in the rubble. Her school building was badly damaged so the school remained closed for a long time."Even after the school resumed, there wasn't proper environment to study. Our school building has lots of cracks and we are under constant fear that the building may collapse anytime and bury us," said Pooja, adding that she was able to properly concentrate on studies only after six months of the quake.
The quake had inflicted damage to 547 community schools and 34 private schools of the district. A total of 15,043 classrooms had sustained complete or partial damage. Hence, most of the schools are running under makeshift tents, which will be used as exam centers.
"Most of the exam centers are under makeshift tents and students would be forced to bear the scorching heat. Despite knowing that students would face trouble writing their exams under the tents and tinned sheds, we have no other alternative," said District Education Officer (DEO) Rudra Hari Bhandari.
DEO Bhandari also stressed on making the examination environment fair and ensuring that every students abide by the exam rules.
According to him, as many as 6,443 students are appearing in the SLC from the district. Among them, 4,813 are under regular category and 1,630 exempted.
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