SEE Science & Technology case studies
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The Secondary Education Examination (SEE), known in Nepali as माध्यमिक शिक्षा परीक्षा, is the school-leaving examination taken at the end of Class 10 (Grade 10) in Nepal. It is conducted under the National Examination Board (NEB), Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, which publishes the Assessment Framework for SEE, sample question papers, and subject-specific item-construction handbooks - including a dedicated handbook for Science & Technology (विज्ञान तथा प्रविधि). The SEE Science & Technology case studies are 5 cases and about 3,802 words.
1The Branch Tap That Stopped Flowing: A Hill Water Supply Scheme
A Water User Committee in a hill village of Gorkha manages a 2,000-litre ferro-cement tank whose water surface, when full, is 20 m above the main tapstand serving 18 households and 7 m above a branch tapstand serving 5 households further up the slope. The main pipe is 40 mm internal diameter; the branch is 20 mm internal diameter and 60 m long with five bends.
761 words, about 4 min2Sizing a Solar System for a Rural Home That Also Wants to Run a Vaccine Fridge
A household in a rural municipality of Tanahun has an unreliable grid connection and wants a solar system for six LED lamps of 9 W each used 5 hours a night, one television of 60 W used 4 hours, one fan of 45 W used 6 hours in summer, and mobile phone charging at 10 W for 3 hours. The site receives an average of 4.5 peak sun hours, and the installer assumes 70 per cent system efficiency.
781 words, about 4 min3Twenty-Three Cases of Diarrhoea After the Rain: Finding the Source
Between 10 and 16 June, 23 children under ten in a 45-household settlement in Kanchanpur developed watery diarrhoea; the first cases appeared two days after 90 mm of rain fell in one afternoon. Most families use a 6 m deep hand-pump tubewell set in a concrete apron that is cracked on the uphill side.
746 words, about 4 min4Forty Students, One Unfiltered Telescope and a 78 Per Cent Eclipse
A secondary school in Nepalgunj plans to let 40 Grade 8 students watch a partial solar eclipse whose maximum obscuration at that place will be 78 per cent at 10:12 a.m., with the event lasting 2 hours 40 minutes. The school owns a 60 mm refracting telescope donated by an alumnus; it has no solar filter, and the small finder scope cannot be removed quickly.
771 words, about 4 min5The Lab That Lost Its Exam Papers: Ranking Risks on Rs 25,000
A community school in Butwal runs a 12-computer lab on a 4 Mbps ADSL line. The machines run an operating system that stopped receiving security updates two years ago; the antivirus trial expired eight months ago.
743 words, about 4 min