School Leaving Certificate examinees now onwards can
appear in practical exams for respective subjects in their own schools from
where they had registered to take SLC exams.
Bishnu Bahadur Dware, Examination Controller, Office of
the Controller of Examination, said the provision has been introduced for the
convenience of examinees.
Earlier, examinees had to appear in practical exams at
the exam centres fixed by District Practical Examination Conduction Committee.
The examinees used to fill exam forms from one school, had to take theoretical
exams from another school and appeared in practical exams in third school. “The
provision for conducting practical exams has been changed as per the decision
made by National Curriculum and Evaluation Council at Curriculum Development
Committee to conduct practical exams in examinees’ schools,” said Dware. “As
per new rule, the teachers selected by school management committee and school
principal will conduct these exams.”
The pass marks for practical exam is eight out of a total
of 25 and 24 out of 75. “The examinees should get pass marks in both practical
and theoretical exams separately to pass in a particular subject in SLC exam,”
he added.
SLC examinees appear in eight subjects with each subject
weighing a total of 100 marks, including the practicals.
According to Dware, all practical subjects, except
Computer Science, such as English, Accounts, Education and others have 25 marks
alloted for practical. Computer Science practical exams weigh 50 marks.
Out of eight subjects in SLC curriculum, English, Nepali,
Science, Social Studies, Health, Population and Environment and Mathematics are
compulsory subjects while remaining two subjects are optional depending upon
availability of particular teacher for the subject in school and electives
chosen by students.
Dware further said earlier they used to have financial
burden for conducting practical exams in exam centres across the country but
now they are relieved from such problem after introduction of the new rule.
SLC exams are usually held in March but exact date has
not been fixed yet, said Dware. Students had appeared in altogether 53 subjects
in SLC exam last year.