The lora, popularly abbreviated as SLC is the final examination in the secondary school system of Nepal. It is equivalent to GCSE, the academic qualification in England. Every student must take this examination for completing the 12th grade of their study ( according to new Education Act ), before they join higher secondary or intermediate level education. The SLC examination is normally scheduled in April to June of every year. It was known as the "iron gate" in Nepal. In reality, however, there are indeed more obstacles regarding higher-level studies after the examination. The SLC Examinations are the most important examination in the educational system of Nepal for building an academic career. The government has a great determination that the grade system that has been recently implemented in the SLC examination will help the country to increase the literacy rate. As the new Education Act has been implemented , the SLC examination will be take place in Grade 12 as national level examination whereas the examination of Grade 10 will be known as Secondary Education Examination (S.E.E)
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Examination centres
Nepal is divided into five development regions and seventy-five districts and each region has many examination centers(as per the Examination Commission's Plan). The examination question differ from region to region but is the same within one single region it is because if the exam is cancelled then only one region is affected and only the questions of that region has to be prepared. Every examination takes place at the same time throughout the whole country. There are different centres for the different students belonging to different school.
Results
About two and a half months or even three months after the completion of the SLC, the results are published by the Examination Control Board. Students are categorised into five divisions according to their score:
Despite such a low percentage requirement to pass the examination, many students (more than 50%), mostly students of governmental schools in rural areas of Nepal, still fail it every year because of the difficulty level that the exam has. Since government schools are known for being less rigorous to students as compared to the private schools, government school students are reportedly more likely to be in the pool of students who do not pass the exam. Even if one fails to get above 40 marks in each subject, they are declared failed. The result of the SLC is very important to an individual student, since students with high percentage are able to obtain various scholarships for their higher secondary level education.Currently, government is working on grading system that may change the educational system of Nepal. However some critics are already seen before its implementation.
But now The Government Of Nepal has formulated and implemented a new system for SLC. The Government has changed the system that has proven quite advantageous and disadvantageous in its implementing year. The students do not fail in the exam according to new system but those having low GPI don't get admission for higher level studies . That's why the system has been getting a lot of criticism.
Criticism
Some educationalists in Nepal criticise the SLC exam by citing its irrelevance in the present context and say that the test is neither standardised nor can it assess the capacity of Nepalese children. The education experts, for the past three decades, have been asking the government to review and revise the SLC examinations but the government, they say, is running the same old mechanism that will still be running in the same way for several decades more. And also there is no trend of SLC examination results in a continuum, rather it is so haphazard that the SLC results can not be trusted, they say.
Board First
Year (in B.S)--Board First
1990 - Himal Shrestha
1991 - Namgyal Hang Lama
1992 – Yadunath Khanal
1993 – Shyam Krishna Goutam
1994 – Chandra Dev Ojha
1995 – Tritha Prasad Pradhan
1996 – Bharat Bahadur Pradhan
1997 – Bhuvan Lal Pradhan
1998 – Runulal Singh Suwal
1999 – Tritha Bahadur Pradhan
2000 – Gyan Mani Acharya Dixit
2001 – Vishnu Prasad Dhital
2002 – Ranjanraj Sharma Khanal
2003 – Upendra Man Malla
2004 – Bhavani Shankar Rajvanshi
2005 – Damodar Funyal
2006 – Shaed Mohan Shah
2007 – Nanda Krishna Agrawal
2008 – Mahavir Prasad Agrawal
2009 – Babu Lal Agrawal
2010 – Pushottam Narayan Shrestha
2011 – Padma Lal Shrestha
2012 – Ram Babu Sharma
2013 – Anandman Singh Amatya
2014 – Divyaratna Shakya
2015 – Prakash Chandra Joshi
2016 – Shiva Prasad Adhikari
2017 – Ramesh Sharma Bhatta
2018 – Prachanda Jung Shah
2019 – Rameshananda Vaidya
2020 – Deepak Bajracharya
2021 – Bhesh Raj Kandel
2022 – Narendra Nath Sharma
2023 – Prakash Manandhar
2024 – Dambar Bahadur Nepali
2025 – Bhakta Bahadur Ale
2026 – Baburam Bhattarai
2027 – Aangrita Sherpa
2028 – Drona Prakash Rasali
2029 – Rajendra Kumar Kabra
2030 – Pramod Raj Pokharel
2031 – Kishore Thapa
2032 – Ram Chandra Sharma
2033 – Balram Pandey
2034 – Anil Bahadur Manandhar
2035 – Vijaya Krishna Shrestha
2036 – Uttam Krishna Shrestha
2037 – Dwarika Prasad Shrestha
2038 – Achyut Babu Tiwari
2039 – Luna Bhatta
2040 – Nisha Dhaubhadel
2041 – Shambhu Sharan Shah
2042 – Rajan Lal Pradhan
2043 – Deep Kumar Singh
2044 – Pramod Acharya
2045 – Rajan Sharma
2046 – Nripesh Pradhan
2047 – Maanav Bhattarai
2048 – Pravin Dev Pathak
2049 – Prakash Thapaliya
2050 – Garima Rana
2051 – Pankaj Adhikari
2052 – Aayam Lamichhane
2053 – Vishwo Bandhu Bagaale
2054 – Madan Kumar Badal
2055 – Birendra Ghimire
2056 – Sumnima Singh
2057 – Swochhanda Sanmen
2058 – Suyog Bhandari
2059 – Vishal Gyawali
2060 – Bishal Khanal
2061 – Samir Shrestha
2062 - Sakar Batajoo
2063 - Narash Lamsal
2064 - Mahan as Gurung
The Board First is decided on who has got the highest marks in the SLC.