page_title: Budhanilkantha School
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Budhanilkantha School / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: Snow-clad Shivapuri mountain overlooking the middle pitch and outdoor basketball court.
context_page_description: Budhanilkantha School, often referred to as BNKS, is a public boarding school in Nepal. It is located in Narayanthan, 8 kilometres north of Kathmandu on the foothills of Shivapuri mountain. It is named after the Budhanilkantha Temple which is located nearby.
  One-third of pupils are granted scholarships based on merit and need, after an entrance examination held in all the 77 districts of Nepal.
context_section_description: The school operates three courses of study:
  School Leaving Certificate level (a nationwide curriculum up to class 10 prescribed by the Department of Education of Nepal),
  Cambridge International A-Level and
  10+2 Level (Higher Secondary Education Board of Nepal, an equivalent alternative to A-Level).
  Students must pass an entrance exam to gain admission into the school. Normally, entrance examinations are taken for entry into class 5 and post SLC levels. This is intended to continue the high academic status of the school.
  Out of 118 students who took the School Leaving Certificate Examination 2014, 103 secured Distinction and the rest 15 students passed in the First Division..
  Budhanilkantha School was the first school to introduce GCE Advanced Level in Nepal. It currently offers A-Levels in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Economics, Business Studies, Computer Science, Accounting and English Language. It is compulsory for students to sit exams in five subjects. Mathematics and English Language have to be studied by all students. Most students choose to study science-based subjects and some choose to combine sciences and social sciences. In A-Level exams of the year 2010, 12% of entries from the school secured grade A* and 30% entries secured grade A. 56% entries from the school secured more than or equal to grade B. 73% of the total entries, excluding General Paper, was on either math or science subjects. Budhanilkantha students regularly feature in the Cambridge outstanding achiever list as the best achieving A-Level candidates in Nepal and worldwide.samriddha
caption: View of the snow-clad Shivapuri mountain from the Middle Pitch
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