Hundreds of students sitting for SLC exams under blown tents

KATHMANDU, March 30: At a time when 615,553 students are appearing for the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams across the nation, hundreds of students of the quake-hit districts will be writing their exams under shaggy tents.

According to the Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE), 69,520 students will sit for the SLC exams in the 11 worst-hit districts. Many school buildings in these districts were damaged by the April earthquake last year and its aftershocks. As a result, the students were forced to pursue their classes under tents both at their homes and schools.

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The strong wind of Monday has additionally worsened the condition of the schools operating under the tents in these districts.

There are 6,440 SLC examinees from Sindhupalchwok; 6,317 from Nuwakot; 4,615 from Dolakha; 5,805 from Gorkha; 7,427 from Dhading; 1,291 from Rasua; 7,463 from Makwanpur; 10,301 from Kavre; 6,756 from Ramechhap; 8,711 from Sindhuli and 4,394 from Okhaldhunga.

The three districts of the Kathmandu Valley were also hard hit by the earthquake. A total of 36,866 students from Kathmandu, 10,045 from Lalitpur and 5,900 from Bhaktapur will take part in the SLC examinations this year. There will be 95 exam centers in Kathmandu, 32 in Lalitpur and 23 in Bhaktapur, according to the OCE.

Out of the total SLC examinees including regular, exempted and technical groups, a total of 289,709 boys and 325,844 girls are appearing for the examinations this year. The highest number of examinees are from Kathmandu while the least number of students are from Manag district, according to the OCE. There will be 36,866 students sitting for the exams from Kathmandu and only 75 students will sit for the exams in Manang district.

"We have completed all the preparations for the SLC examinations to be held from March 31 to April 11 across the nation," Anupam Chandra Shrestha, senior official at the OCE. "We hope it will go smoothly throughout the country."SLUG: SLC exams begin from tomorrow

A national view of SLC 2016
· Total Examinees: 615,553
· Total Exam Centers: 1,943
· Superintendents: 1,943
· Deputy Superintendents: 2,978
· Invigilators: 25,556
· Helpers: 13,274
· Security Personnel: 29,145
· Total Manpower: 72,896