Kathmandu, June 28 -- Registering a significant improvement in the School Education Examination (SEE) results, 61.81 percent of students secured a Grade Point Average (GPA) above 1.6, which is necessary to study at a higher level. This success rate is several notches up from last year's 47.87 percent.

Announcing the results of the tests held in March, the National Examination Board on Friday said 271,299 examinees secured the passing grades while 167,597 were non-graded. Only 438,896 among 514,017, who had registered for tests, sat for the examinations. Board officials hailed the initiatives of different tiers of government for the improvement in the results.

"The federal and local governments' initiatives have largely paid off, though ...