UP to help Nepal in conducting exams

ALLAHABAD: Apart from successfully conducting the high school and intermediate examinations of over 67 lakh students this year, the UP Board has an additional assignment at hand.

The board has been approached by the government of Nepal for “support and guidance” to its newly established National Examination Board of Nepal after it was impressed with its expertise in accommodating lakhs of students. Instead of Nepal’s Higher Education Examination Board, the Nepal board formed last year through an amendment to country’s Education Act, 1971, will be conducting the high school and intermediate examinations in the country.

Lending a helping hand, the UP Board officials have shared various details of their board exams with officials of Nepal and even handed over copies of some documents for their reference.

Janak Khatri, under-secretary, Nepal National Examination Board, has taken these documents to Nepal to chart out their course of action.

After the formation of the Nepal Board, the education officials from the neighbouring country held a meeting with officials of Council of Boards of School Education in India, a voluntary association of all the Boards of School Education in India.

Here, UP Board’s additional secretary (administration) Shiv Lal interacted with the Nepal education officials. It was followed by Nepal’s quality education director, Ramchandra Pandey, contacting officials of the UP Board here in Allahabad.