Exams or no exams

Students should not be made the victims of the older generation's lethargy.

If these were normal times, secondary school students across the country would be in the thick of preparing for their final exams due in the next few months. But this year has been different. The government wishes to complete the current academic session by March-April. It shortened the curriculum by a third to compensate for the loss of working days in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it is increasingly becoming clear that the shortened coursework is not going to get over either. As the Post reported on Monday, virtual learning has remained ineffective for two-thirds of school students, or up to 64.3 percent, according to a recent survey. A study carried out by UNICEF Nepal in August showed that more than two-thirds of Nepal's schoolchildren are deprived of distance learning opportunities.