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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Advancement of knowledge industry, by Mana Prasad Wagley and Shreeram Lamichhane (kp 02/01/2008)

Nobel students, staff confused by management row (kp 28/11/2007)

Dependence on teachers declining in colleges, by Merina Sharma (ht 21/11/2007)

HSEB amid management anarchy, by Kedar N Shrestha (kp 24/09/2007)

SLC-Iron gate?, by Amigo Khadka (kp 19/08/2007)

NNISU-R memo to HSEB (kp 17/08/2007)

Unlimited Choice: Thanks to competition among private schools, students have a lot of choices for their future, by Nirakar Poudel (sp 20/07/2007)

SLC results published; over 58 percent pass the iron gate (nn 05/07/2007), 58.6pc pass SLC, by Anjali Subedi (kp 06/07/2007), SLC result (kp 07/07/2007), 'SLC results should have been better' (samn 07/07/2007), All visually impaired students in Kaski pass SLC (kp 07/07/2007), SLC results: Gain or Pain?, by Nirakar Poudel (sp 13/07/2007)

Dozen HS schools flout legal provisions, by Bed Raj Poudel (kp 30/06/2007)

Clear policy on higher education sought (samn 26/06/2007)

SLC results within 15 days (kp 22/06/2007), SLC results by July 8 (nn 28/06/2007), Post to carry SLC results (kp 03/07/2007), SLC results soon (nn 06/07/2007)

Students walk 6 hours to school, by Tika Bhatta (kp 13/06/2007)

Learning curve: B-schools in Nepal need to move with the times, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 08/06/2007)

SLC result likely to be delayed (kp 25/05/2007)

International Colleges come to Kathmandu (kp 20/05/2007)

Bridge course? Not necessary, by Anjali Subedi (kp 16/05/2007)

HSEB paper postponed (kp 07/05/2007)

SLC examination starts from today (nn 04/04/2007), SLC starts from today (kp 04/04/2007), All goes well on first day of SLC exam (kp 05/04/2007), Two teachers held for leaking SLC question papers (nn 05/04/2007), Nepali test in Bhaktapur cancelled; Panel formed to probe 'leakage' (nn 05/04/2007), Exam cancelled in Bhaktapur: SLC question paper leaked, by Anjali Subedi (kp 06/04/2007), Leak spurs SLC examination cancellation (samn 06/04/2007), SLC paper at one center postponed (kp 07/04/2007), Report SLC papers' leak (samn 09/04/2007), 'Cancel exam in entire region' (kp 11/04/2007), SLC examinations end (nn 12/04/2007)

Grade 9, 10 curricula to merge, by Anjali Subedi (kp 04/04/2007)

SLC to start from April 4 (nn 07/01/2007)

Changing context of higher education, by Tirth Raj Khaniya (kp 02/01/2007)

SLC question grid prepared (kp 17/11/2006)

HSEB plans to increase female students (samn 07/11/2006)

Paradigm shift in higher education, by Tirth Raj Khaniya (kp 14/10/2006)

Government introduces new policy for technical colleges (nn 10/10/2006),  Govt new policy on private colleges out (samn 10/10/2006)

SLC supplementary results out (nn 18/09/2006)

Growing Charm: Most of the students want to join Plus 2 colleges attracted by their quality and management, by Sahishnu Poudyal (sp 15/09/2006)

Higher education at risk, by Ghanshyam Bhatt (kp 12/09/2006)

TOEFL suspension hurts students (kp 23/08/2006)

Complementary SLC examinations underway (nn 11/08/2006)

Anjana Rajbanshi’s journey: The SLC topper’s success masks an ugly truth about our education malaise, by CK Lal (nt 21/07/2006)

After SLC Results: Distinction, dreams and desperation, by Upendra Lamichhane (kp 08/07/2006), SLC results, by Ishwor N Rijal (kp 11/07/2006)

Buddhism In Higher Education: Need Of Roots And Wings, by Prem Khatry (rn 08/07/2006)

'Don't give Tuborg excellence award to toppers': Scrapping of SLC toppers’ list welcomed, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 08/07/2006)

Over 46 percent pass in the SLC exams; Provision of board toppers scrapped (nn 06/07/2006), 46.5 percent pass SLC OCE scrap board toppers, by Nityananda Timsina (kp 06/07/2006), SLC results published: 46.51% regulars successful, toppers not declared (rn 06/07/2006), School Leaving Certificate results out (samn 06/07/2006), System to declare board toppers in SLC scrapped to discourage unhealthy practices: Minister Manandhar (nn 07/07/2006), Bhaktapur SLC pass percentage up (samn 08/07/2006)

A Click Away: The Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE) unveils new systems for helping students gain easy access to SLC results, by Sahishnu Poudyal (sp 30/06/2006)

SLC results delayed by two weeks (kp 16/06/2006)

Not doomed to failure There are ways to raise the SLC pass rate, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 31/03/2006)

School Leaving Certificate Exam starts in Nepal (People's Daily 27/03/2006), SLC Exams Begin, Over 332 Thousand Students Appearing (nln 27/03/2006), SLC begins; 332,181 students sitting for exam (nn 27/03/2006), Police open fire at SLC exam centre (nn 27/03/2006), Over 332,000 to take on Iron Gate: SLC today (kp 27/03/2006), Babies delivered at ‘iron gate’ (kp 28/03/2006), Girl commits suicide on day-two of SLC (kp 29/03/2006), Test Begins: Over three hundred thousand students appear for the annual test this year (sp 31/03/2006), SLC exam concludes (nn 06/04/2006), Securitymen detain SLC examinees (kp 06/04/2006), 6 RNA men, 1 cop killed in ambush Maoists attack securitymen carrying SLC papers in Jhapa, Sindhupalchowk, by Lila Baral & Upendra Pokhrel (kp 06/04/2006)

994 centers for SLC exam in Nepal (People's Daily 22/03/2006), OCE asks not to disturb SLC exams (nn 22/03/2006), Teachers warn govt move, by Numaraj Khanal (kp 22/03/2006), No exams for students Saptari (samn 26/03/2006), SLC examinees face lodging problems (samn 26/03/2006)

High achievement for Nepali girl (kp 14/03/2006)

SLC hopeful evicted for being dalit (kp 14/03/2006), Dalit student evicted from apartment (samn 14/03/2006)

Education Minister Assures of Security for SLC Exams (nln 13/03/2006), 372,000 candidates to appear for SLC exam in Nepal (TMC Net 14/03/2006), Minister Mainali urges all to help conduct SLC exams, revoke protest programmes during SLC (nn 14/03/2006)

Exam guides kill student creativity, by Riwaj Rai (kp 17/02/2006)

Challenges for higher education in Asia, by Mohan Lohani (kp 21/10/2005)

Middle-aged also sit in 1st day of +2 class, by Mohan Budhaer (kp 26/08/2005)

No +2 enrolment in Darchula, by Bikram Giri (kp 21/08/2005)

Admission scenario in +2, by Kedar N Shrestha (kp 25/07/2005)

The spoilt only child, HSEB, by Shanta Basnet Dixit (kp 23/07/2005)

Reforming higher education, by Shreeram Lamichhane & Mana Prasad Wagley (kp 20/07/2005)

Curriculum decision, by Kedar N Shrestha (kp 13/07/2005)

HSEB decision to remove Nepali reversed (nn 08/07/2005), Language mania (kp 08/07/2005)

HSEB to list top 10 schools (kp 01/07/2005)

Syangja SLC topper victimized, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 30/06/2005), Lessen errors (kp 01/07/2005)

Affiliation to 92 institutions to run ‘Plus Two’ classes (rn 29/06/2005)

Reform, relocate SLC exam, by Kedar N Shrestha (kp 23/06/2005)

Teachers protest removing of Nepali from class 11 (rn 20/06/2005), Students protest HSEB decision (kp 28/06/2005)

Gender disparity in SLC performance (samn 19/06/2005)

Only 2 pass SLC in 7 years (kp 19/06/2005)

How about those who didn't pass?: It is the state's responsibility to give those who didn't make it another chance, by CK Lal (nt 17/06/2005)

SLC results out, pass percentage down (samn 14/06/2005), SLC results out, Samir Shrestha of Kavre tops the board (nn 14/06/2005), Not satisfactory (kp 15/06/2005), Dismal SLC results irk many, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 16/06/2005), OCE faux pas deprives same-score topper of accolades (kp 17/06/2005), Abysmal Outcome: The deterioration in the pass percentage expose huge weaknesses in country’s education system (sp 17/06/2005), SLC results corrected, Urmila declared co-topper (kp 18/06/2005)

SLC results on mobile phones (kp 12/06/2005)

Solu kids prefer secular to monastic education, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 02/06/2006)

The crisis of existence, by Mana P Wagley & Shreeram P Lamichhane (kp 24/05/20005)

Computer to be non-credit subject at +2 colleges (kp 11/05/2005)

New body to supersede UGC soon, by Renu Kshetry (ht 17/04/2005)

Higher Education: More May Not Be Merrier, by Keshab Poudel (sp 28/01/2005)

Deteriorating quality How to manage higher education in Nepal, by Bidur Prasad Upadhyay (ht 30/12/2004)

Higher education: Need for reform and innovation, by Bidur P Upadhyay (ht 16/12/2004)

Study to find out causes behind alarming SLC failure rate (ht 30/11/2004)

SLC exam schedule out (jp 25/11/2004)

HSEB to punish inefficient schools, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rn 16/11/2004)

OCE modifies SLC question papers, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 02/11/2004)

Students alone can fill SLC registration forms: DEO (ht 29/10/2004)

Global flavour Nepal’s oldest international school goes golden, by Milan Wagle (nt 15/10/2004)

Victim Of Anarchy: The recent government decision to put the institutions teaching GCE A-levels under their scanner is likely to end the rampant anarchy among the institutions, by Thakur Amgai (sp 08/10/2004)

Expert suggests amendment in HS education policy (ht 26/09/2004)

Biting the hand that feeds you, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rn 24/09/2004)

Class VIII dropouts can now attend open schools, by Renu Kshetry (ht 12/09/2004)

Structural adjustment: Blueprint for reform in higher education, by Mahendra Singh (ht 12/08/2004)

Enrolment in govt campuses nose-diving, by Paras Kharel (kp 04/08/2004)

Sheer negligence, this!, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 22/07/2004)

HSEB scholarships for 700 students, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rn 06/07/2004)

Liberalism is self-binding, by Shristi Shrestha (kp 28/06/2004)

Overall changes sought in SLC exam system (ht 28/06/2004)

Post-SLC angst & pangs Web site comes to help, by Archana Parajuli (kp 25/06/2004)

On higher secondary education, by Kedar N Shrestha (kp 25/06/2004)

Only ten passed grade 5 in last 30 yrs (kp 17/06/2004)

Don’t kill the messenger, Please!, by Yug Bahadur (rn 14/06/2004), SLC results: Does Gorkhapatra have exclusive right?, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 15/06/2004)

That really is the limit!, by Babu Lal Bhandari (kp 12/06/2004)

46.18 per cent pass SLC exams, by Renu Kshetry (ht 12/06/2004), SLC results out, Butwal boy on top, by Ramesh Lamsal & Khagendra Bhattarai (rn 12/06/2004), Both SLC toppers want to wield the scalpel: ishal seeks scholarship for higher studies, by Mahendra Thapa (ht 13/06/2004), It’s a Bishal feat despite odds, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 13/06/2004), Crowd goes berserk over delayed SLC results, by Renu Kshetry (ht 13/06/2004), Chaos and frayed tempers (ht 13/06/2004), Educationists cautiously hail SLC results, by Nitya Nanda Timisina (kp 13/06/2004), ANNISU-R say no to talks (kp 13/06/2004), Dismal still (ht 14/06/2004), SLC outcome (kp 14/06/2004), Only one gets through in SLC in Humla (kp 15/06/2004), Conflict-hit schools fare badly in SLC (kp 16/06/2004), SLC results 2060 : Immediate gladness and long-term sadness, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 17/06/2004), SLC results — was it a giant leap? (ht 20/06/2004)

SLC results rumour confuses everyone (ht 03/06/2004), SLC results only 10 days away (kp 03/06/2004), SLC results likely next week, rumours misleading people, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rn 03/06/2004)

Fund raising, distribution policy for HS schools (ht 29/05/2004)

SLC results by month end (ht 18/05/2004)

Grade XI exams begin despite general strike (ht 13/05/2004)

HSEB gears up work on scholarship (ht 12/05/2004)

HSEB to open contact office at east and west regions, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rn 22/04/2004)

Is higher education ethical?, by Phanindra Upadhyaya (kp 29/03/2004)

SLC examinations to commence today (ht 26/03/2004), SLC exams from today (rn 26/03/2004), Ensure security (ht 26/03/2004), Hundreds miss SLC exams (kp 27/03/2004), SLC exams begin amid tight security (rn 27/03/2004), Expulsions, suspensions on Day 2 of SLC exams (kp 29/03/2004), High Ambition Grim Hope: Although the officials expect a better pass rate in the 2004 SLC, the ambience in which the exam is being conducted is not encouraging, by Thakur Amgai (sp 02/04/2004), SLC results likely to be out in 60 days (ht 03/04/2004), SLC exam ends peacefully (rn 06/04/2004)

New question sets for western region: Whiff of SLC papers’ leak, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 24/03/2004)

Number of HSEB exam centres to go up (ht 19/03/2004)

Special secondary classes for the disabled, by Renu Kshetry (ht 17/03/2004)

Task force findings aim to reform higher education (kp 16/03/2004)

SLC examinations, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 10/03/2004), SLC examinees’ number goes up, by Renu Kshetry (ht 12/03/2004)

Maoist ban on tuition hits SLC students, by Sita Niraula (ht 09/03/2004)

For older links see archive

Background

What after SLC?

Bhanubhakta Memorial Higher Secondary School, Panipokhari, Maharajganj, Kathmandu

British School

Budhanilkantha School

See also Society of Ex-Budhanilkantha Students

Development and expansion of technical education and vocational training in Nepal: status, issues, and future directions, proceedings of the National Workshop on Developing TEVT Programsfor Meeting the Workforce Needs of the Next Millennium, 16 July 1999, organized by Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training, with support from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Kathmandu 1999

Grammar Public Boarding School

Green Valley College

Gyan Niketan English Boarding School

Ideal English School

Junbesi Academy (link and project currently halted)

Kathmandu Don Bosco Higher Secondary School

Lincoln School, Rabi Bhawan, Kathmandu

L.R. International Boarding High School

Nagarjuna Academy

Pacific Academy

People's Campus: Higher Secondary Education Plus Two Program, 1996-1997

Sanjiwani Higher Secondary School, Dhulikhel

Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute

Shridiwa Int'l School

St. Xavier's School, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur

Suryodaya (J) Secondary School

Yangrima Boarding School, Sermathang, Helambu