Kathmandu, May 4 -- The National Examination Board (NEB) announced that this year's grade 12 examinations will commence on Sunday, with a total of 511,525 students set to participate across Nepal.

Of the total examinees, 395,908 are appearing under the regular category while 115,617 are partial examinees. The exams, which were initially scheduled to begin on April 16 but postponed by 10 days due to a teachers' strike, will now run until May 16.

The NEB has designated 1,591 examination centres across 77 districts.

Kathmandu will host the highest number with 162 centres, while districts like Manang and Mustang will have only one each. The lowest number of examinees-45-are from Manang, whereas Kathmandu tops the list with 68,133 candidate...