Mar 23, Kathmandu- This year's Secondary Education Examination (SEE) began on Thursday.

The Education Development and Coordination Unit, Nawalpur, has stated that the examination was conducted peacefully across the district on the first day of SEE 2081.

Unit Chief Dipendra Raj Shrestha said that a total of 33 examinees were absent from the examination. Among the absentees, 11 are female students and 22 are male students. Of these, 14 examinees from the open section are said to be absent.

This year, 6,482 students, including 5,826 regular students and 656 grade-improvement students, applied for the SEE exam in Nawalparasi East.