Apr 21, Kathmandu- It will not be easy to pass the exams of classes 8, 10, and 12 now even after practicing the old question paper. Most of the questions are repeated every year in class 8, the secondary education examination (SEE) conducted by the municipality, and the class 12 examination conducted at the central level. Due to this, the business of old question papers and guess paper has flourished a lot.

The National Examination Board is preparing question banks by preparing standardized question papers for classes 8, 10, and 12. Speaking at a workshop organized by the board on Wednesday, Dr. Mahashram Sharma, chairman of the board, said that it was necessary to improve the examination system.

The access question of the municipality or state will be sent to the bank. They will be able to prepare question papers from there as per their wish. He said the question would not be repeated for at least five years. It is claimed that this will displace the old question paper.

The board is going to implement standardized question papers in SEE and class 12 from the academic session 2079 and in class 8 from the next academic session 2080. Due to the standardized question papers, the question papers of the municipality and the states will be of the same standard.

"Standardized question papers will end the situation where the question papers of one state are easy and the question papers of another state are difficult", said Durga Aryal, member secretary of the board.

The Board will initially prepare standardized question papers in English, Science, and Mathematics. Similar question papers will be prepared on other subjects from next year. The board had prepared 30 sets of question papers for all the three subjects and has prepared 10 sets from them. It has even been tested among students.