Jan 30, Kathmandu - It has been found that the educational qualifications of 205 candidates who have filed their candidacies in the upcoming House of Representatives elections to be held on Falgun 21 have been less than SLC.

Candidacies were registered for the House of Representatives elections on Magh 6. A total of 3,406 candidates had filed their candidacies.

Out of these, only 2,509 had disclosed their educational qualifications. And, according to the Election Commission, 897 candidates have not disclosed their educational details.

Kantipur analyzed the educational qualifications of the candidates who had disclosed their details and found that the educational qualifications of 205 were less than SLC. Currently, SLC is called SEE.

No act or law has made the educational qualifications of the candidates mandatory. The Commission has asked the candidates to also disclose their personal background and educational qualifications, so they have mentioned them.

While there are 205 candidates with educational qualifications less than SLC, 703 candidates have passed SLC.

Similarly, there are 618 candidates who have completed the Proficiency Certificate level, i.e. secondary level, while 563 have completed their graduation studies.

The number of candidates who have completed postgraduate studies is 324. Only 7 candidates have completed MPhil and 53 candidates have completed PhD.