Classes 11 and 12 sit under the National Examinations Board and are the two years between the SEE and whatever comes next. The structure changed, and most of the advice in circulation — including from people who sat these exams themselves — describes the arrangement it replaced.
The important change is that rigid faculties were replaced by a choice of electives. Students still talk about "taking Science" or "taking Management", and colleges still market packages under those names, but the curriculum itself is built around compulsory subjects plus electives you select. What a college offers as a package is a college’s decision, not the Board’s structure.
What every student takes
Three subjects are compulsory at both levels. The third is a choice between two.
- Compulsory English
- Taken by every student.
- Compulsory Nepali
- Taken by every student.
- Social Studies and Life Skills — or Compulsory Mathematics
- One of the two, not both. This is the choice that most resembles the old faculty split.
The electives
On top of the compulsory subjects a student takes at least three electives, giving at least five examined subjects in total. The elective list is wide and spans what used to be separate faculties — accounting, economics, computer science, business studies, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, hotel management, tourism, marketing, psychology and sociology among them.
Practically, this is the decision worth spending time on. It is where a student’s next step is actually determined, because entrance requirements for further study are written in terms of subjects passed rather than the name of a faculty. A student intending to sit an engineering or medical entrance needs the specific subjects that entrance requires, and the label on the college brochure does not substitute for them.
The technical and vocational route
Separate from the general structure there is a technical and vocational stream, taken at Classes 11 and 12 with disciplinary subjects in fields such as civil engineering and animal science. It is a distinct route rather than a set of electives inside the general one, and it is the part of the system most often left out of the advice students are given.
Grading
The scale is the same one used for the SEE, and the rules are the same: a minimum of D in each subject, judged subject by subject, with no aggregate GPA that compensates for a subject below the line. A subject under 35% is recorded as NG rather than as a fail.
| Grade | Marks | Grade point |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 90–100 | 4.0 |
| A | 80–89 | 3.6 |
| B+ | 70–79 | 3.2 |
| B | 60–69 | 2.8 |
| C+ | 50–59 | 2.4 |
| C | 40–49 | 2.0 |
| D | 35–39 | 1.6 |
| NG | Below 35 | 0.0 |
Common questions
- Do I still choose between Science, Management and Humanities?
- Not in the curriculum. Faculties were replaced by a choice of electives: three compulsory subjects and at least three electives, selected from one list. Colleges often still sell subject bundles under the old faculty names, but that is a college’s packaging rather than the Board’s structure.
- How many subjects do I take in Class 11 and 12?
- At least five examined subjects — three compulsory and at least three electives.
- Is Mathematics compulsory in Class 11?
- Only if you choose it. The third compulsory slot is either Social Studies and Life Skills or Compulsory Mathematics. If your intended next step requires Mathematics, that choice matters more than the name of your faculty.
- Is the grading different from the SEE?
- No. The same A+ to NG scale and the same 35% minimum per subject apply at Class 11 and Class 12.
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