Covid-19-hit Nepal education in a shambles: Stakeholders seek options, but authorities are unprepared

Until the third week of April, Sibesh Yadav, a 10th grader at Viswa Niketan Secondary School in Kathmandu, was preparing hard for his final examinations (Secondary Education Examinations) scheduled to be held from May 27 . But, as soon as another round of lockdown began in Kathmandu to curb the coronavirus spread, he began to doubt if the exams would take place as planned.

His doubt got confirmed with the National Examinations Board indefinitely postponing the exams earlier this week.