KATHMANDU: Stating that the letter grading system in
the School Leaving Certificate Examinations (SLC) introduced by the
Ministry of Education was ill-prepared, educationists have claimed that
implementation part of the new system was challenging.
The Ministry on Thursday had decided to implement the letter grading
system in the SLC examinations- a concept proposed by the World Bank
meant for reforms in education.
Educationist Dr Bidyanath Koirala argued that the new step was taken
in the name of improving education’s quality under the duress of the
Word Bank without studying Nepal’s educational system.
He said that the grading system would be irrelevant if the students
getting lower grades were not able to earn the higher studies in their
desired subjects.
The Ministry has decided to categorise the students in nine grades
including A+, A, B+, B, C+, C, D, E and N under the letter grading
system. N stands for ‘not graded’.
“It would be acceptable only if students are allowed to sit for
entrance exams in their desired subjects and the selection process was
done based on merit list,” he added.
Likewise, Acting Examinations Controller of Higher Secondary
Education Board (HSEB) Santosh Aryal said that some problems would
obviously arise after implementing the new system. He said that students
getting lower than grade ‘C’ would have hard times to get enrolled in
science faculty.
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