Nepal, May 11 -- The government published the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) results on Monday. This will affect the lives of over a million young Nepalis who sat the crucial national tests, dubbed the 'iron gate'.

Every examinee, including those who didn't do well, ought to be congratulated. There's no reason to panic or stress too much. As Pulitzer Prize winner Ariana Huffington stated, "Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of it." Remember, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a university dropout!

Importantly, I argue from personal experience that Nepal's school education system is very boring, burdensome and unproductive. The curriculum and teaching methods are far from scientific. It's labour-intensive for both ...