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6 SLC students taken ill
Six students appearing in the ongoing school leaving certificate (SLC) exams from Nepal Rastriya Higher Secondary School at Nirmalbasti in Parsa were taken ill on Tuesday.Six students appearing in the ongoing school leaving certificate (SLC) exams from Nepal Rastriya Higher Secondary School at Nirmalbasti in Parsa were taken ill on Tuesday.
Kanchhi Thapa Magar had to be put on supplemental oxygen and saline drip so that she could give her test.
Similarly, Sandhya Basnet suffered from stomach ache and had to be medicated.
Dr Javed Akhtar at the District Public Health Office was called to treat the sick students.
District Education Officer (DEO) Rambinaya Yadav said many students have been taken ill because of rising temperature. Exam anxiety could have made the condition worse, he added.
There are 240 students giving the SLC test from the school.
Medical team treat students
JAJARKOT: A medical team administered treatment to more than 100 students appearing in the SLC test from a Dashera-based exam centre in Jajarkot on Tuesday.
The team was deployed to Janapriya Higher Secondary School after scores of students were taken ill with bouts of diarrhoea, fever and headache. Nabina Kandel, the in-charge of Dashera Health Post, said most of the students were treated for diarrhoea and dysentery. She said diseases could have spread because of water contamination.