Nepal, March 28 -- The Secondary Education Examinations for this year commenced nationwide on Friday.

According to the National Examinations Board, a total of 504,414 students from 10,806 schools are attending the examination, which is scheduled to continue until April 9.

Students from various schools gathered to take the examinations at the Kanya Mandir Higher Secondary School in Kathmandu. Here are some photographs capturing the atmosphere of the first day of the SEE, taken by Post photographer Surkaya Lal Shrestha.

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