Get the basics right

Whatever the prime minister says, it is hard to drastically improve the flawed SEE system overnight.

In under four months, tenth graders all over Nepal will appear in the School Education Examination (SEE). This is a time for students to focus on final preparations. Sadly, hard work alone won’t yield better results when the schools and curriculum fail to cater to their needs. Every year, when the results are out, many students have to endure crushing failure. However, as in previous years, the authorities have failed to learn from their mistakes. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is making baseless predictions of a 70 percent p ass rate in the upcoming SEE. How will this be achieved in a country where pass rates have for years hovered below 50 percent?