New Grading System in SLC Exam

Beginning from the academic session of 2072 BS, Government of Nepal is all set to introduce new grading system in the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination. This new, extensive, scientific and international standard grading system will replace old grading system based on the “PASS” or “FAIL” category of SLC examinees.

After long discussion with the stakeholders, Government of Nepal decided that no students should be categorized as failed in SLC examination. According to the new grading system, all the SLC examinees from academic session 2072 BS will be graded according to their performance in exam under six categories as mentioned below:

A+:

 This “A+” grade will be awarded to that outstanding student who achieves more than 90 % of marks in the SLC exam. Their result will be rated as “DISTINCTION”.

A: 

This “A” grade will be awarded to those students who are able to get the marks between 80 % to 89 % in the SLC examination. This “A” grade result will be rated as “EXCELLENT”.

B: 

This “B” grade will be given to those students achieving marks between 60 % to 79% in the SLC examination. This grade is equal to First Division as per old grading system. This “B” grade result will be rated as “VERY GOOD”.

C: 

This “C” grade will be awarded to those students securing marks between 40% to 59% in SLC examination. This “C” grade result will be rated as “GOOD”.

D: 

This “D” grade result will be awarded to those students whose marks range between 25% to 39 % in SLC examination. This “D” grade result will be rated as “WEAK”.

E: 

This “E” grade result will be awarded to the students whose marks range below 25% in the SLC examination. This “E” grade result will be rated as “VERY WEAK”.

This new SLC examination grading system is being implemented hoping to achieve some positive improvement in the pass percentage. This new grading system is also expected to motivate poor performing students through ending their fear of becoming fail in the SLC examination.