DAMAK: A total of 47 Bhutanese refugees, who took the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations, have passed the exams in Jhapa district.

Of them, four managed to secure the first division while 35 passed in the second division and eight in the third division, programme coordinator of the Caritas Nepal, an organisation that is supporting for refugees’ education informed.

The Bhutanese refugees have been attending the SLC exams since 1992.

Likewise, 31 students of Siddhartha Boarding School in Damak have passed with distinction while remaining all 87 made through the exams in the first division.

Similarly, all 87 examinees of Chulachuli Boarding School have passed the exams, school principal Chandra Prakash Rai said.