Few incidents of misconduct in SLC

KATHMANDU, April 4: At a time when the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams are running in a peaceful manner in many districts across the country, few districts have witnessed some incidents of misconduct till the fourth day on Monday.

A total of 132 students and a fake peon were expelled in Mahottari district on charge of cheating in science exam on Monday. According to the District Education Office, the expelled students will be allowed to take the exams of the remaining subjects. A total of 294 students have been expelled during the four days of the SLC exams in Mahottari.In Surkhet, girl students of Janajyoti Higher Secondary School have started falling sick everyday after one hour of exams. "After an hour of entering in the exam hall, they start shouting, falling on the ground, and yelling in the hall, disturbing other examinees too," said Narayan Sigdel, superintendent of the exam center. "We have managed a separate room for such five students to take the examinations."

Gomati Oli, an SLC examinee taking examinations at Saraswati Secondary School gave birth to a daughter just before the exam started on Monday.

Meanwhile, a public offense case has been filed against two youths, who pelted stones on the security personnel deployed at the exam center at Pashupati Higher Secondary School in Bajura district on Sunday, according to the police.

"The offenders are Puskar Adhikari and Lokendra Raule of Bramhatola VDC," informed the police.

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