KATHMANDU: In the wake of growing threat of COVID-19 pandemic, the government on Wednesday decided to indefinitely postpone the Secondary Education Examination scheduled to begin on Thursday.

A total of 482,219 students were to appear for the SEE that was supposed to be held in 1,995 examination centres across the country. The government also deferred CTEVT and university examinations until further notice.

It also banned academic classes, training and seminars conducted by private colleges and educational institutions until April 12. All government and non-governmental organisations have also been barred from holding any conference until April 12.