Bishal Khanal of Everest Boarding School from Butwal topped the School Leaving Certificate examination (SLC) by securing 94.15 percent while Pratistha Gyawali of Galaxy Public School came first among the girls by securing 88.37 percent.

A total of 175,417 regular students appeared for the SLC exams held in the year 2060 BS. 1,568 students passed in distinction, 28,723 passed in the first division, 45,445 passed in the second division and 5,272 passed in the third division.

The total number of regular students who passed the exams stands at 81008, which is 46.18 percent.

Meanwhile, a total of 80,190 of exempted students appeared in the SLC examinations. Of them, 20 percent students passed the exams.

The students can obtain their results by simply dialing 1600.