Kathmandu, December 26
The government has decided to adopt a new letter grading system for the evaluation of school schools from grade 1 itself beginning from the current school year.
An official in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology says Education Minister Devendra Paudel has recently approved a guideline to implement the new system.
Hence, all the students from grades 1 to 12 will receive their final annual evaluations in the letter grading system from now onwards, according to the ministry’s spokesperson Deepak Sharma. Until now, the system was applied to grades 10-12 only.
The details of the grading are given below:
| SN | Score percentage | GPA | Grade | Explanation |
| 1 | 90+ | 4.0 | A+ | Outstanding |
| 2 | 80-89 | 3.6 | A | Excellent |
| 3 | 70-79 | 3.2 | B+ | Very good |
| 4 | 60-69 | 2.8 | B | Good |
| 5 | 50-59 | 2.4 | C+ | Satisfactory |
| 6 | 40-49 | 2.0 | C | Acceptable |
| 7 | 35-39 | 1.6 | D | Basic |
| 8 | Below 34 | – | NG | Not graded |
As per the guideline, students have to get grade D in each subject to get promoted to the higher class.
