Kathmandu, June 19 -- Results of the Grade 12 examinations have shown improvement for the third consecutive year, with this year's overall pass rate rising by around 3 percentage points from last year to 64.13 percent.

In a departure from the practice of taking more than two months to publish the Grade 12 results, the outcome of the examinations, held from April 27 to May 10 this year, was made public on Friday, just 40 days after the exams concluded.

The National Examinations Board said the overall pass rate under both the regular and partial categories stood at 64.13 percent, compared to 61.17 percent last year. Pass rates were 69.75 percent in the regular category and 42.38 percent in the partial category, board spokesperson Jayanti ...