Kathmandu, July 5 -- Ranjana Dhital's daughter Aastha passed her 10th grade exams in 2015. This year, her son Asthik got through the exam. But while Aastha sat for the School Leaving Certificate exams and obtained her grades in percentage points, Asthik took the Secondary Education Exams (SEE) and got his marks in the form of letter grades.

"Besides the difference in their grading systems, I have not found any difference between the two exams," said Dhital. "I find the whole system rather confusing."

Two weeks ago, when the SEE results were out, Dhital, like other parents and guardians, was confused, converting their children's letter grades into percentage points to better understand what the new system meant. But it's not just parents...