How to Check NEB Class 12 (and Class 11) Result: All Methods + Re-totaling

The National Examinations Board (NEB) publishes the Grade 12 (widely called 'plus two' or '+2') result once a year, usually in the month of Shrawan (July–August), and the Grade 11 result a little later in the academic cycle. Every method of checking the result relies on two pieces of information, so keep them ready before the result goes live: your examination symbol number and your date of birth. The symbol number is the roughly eight-digit number printed on your admit card and registration card; the date of birth must normally be entered in the Bikram Sambat (BS) calendar in the format YYYY/MM/DD, for example 2062/05/14.

On publication day, traffic to the official servers spikes into the millions within minutes, so pages can load slowly or time out. This is normal and does not mean your result is missing. The practical solution is to have several methods available and to try an offline channel (SMS, IVR, USSD) or a wallet app if the website stalls. All official channels draw from the same NEB database, so the grade you see will be identical whichever route you use.

This is an evergreen guide: it explains the process, not any single year's live result. NEB announces the exact publication date and time through a formal notice on its website and social pages a day or two in advance, so confirm the date from an official NEB notice rather than relying on rumours or unofficial 'leaked' results, which are frequently fake.

The primary official way to check the result is the web portal. Open a browser and go to the National Examinations Board site, neb.gov.np, or the dedicated Nepal Telecom result portal at neb.ntc.net.np. Both pull from the same official NEB database and display the same marks and grade sheet. Locate the Grade 12 (or Grade 11) result section, enter your symbol number and date of birth in the input boxes, and click Submit.

Your grade sheet appears on screen showing each subject with its letter grade and grade point, plus your overall Grade Point Average (GPA). Use the print or download option to save a copy for college admissions and scholarship applications. You should still collect the official signed and stamped marksheet from your school or NEB when it is distributed; the online copy is for quick reference.

If the page will not load, do not panic or repeatedly refresh, which only adds to the congestion. Wait a few minutes and retry, or switch to one of the offline methods below. Bookmark only the official domains: any site asking for a login password, payment, or personal details beyond symbol number and date of birth to 'check a result' should be treated as suspicious.

Nepal Telecom (NTC) runs an offline result service that needs no data connection, which is invaluable when the websites are overloaded or when you are in an area with weak internet. The service is fast, cheap and works on a basic phone. Standard SMS and call charges apply.

For the SMS method, open your messaging app and type NEB, then a space, then your symbol number (for example: NEB 12013825), and send it to 1600. You will receive a reply text containing your result. For the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, dial 1601 from your phone and follow the voice prompts to enter your symbol number. For USSD, dial *1600# and follow the on-screen menu, or use the direct form *1600*SYMBOL# to fetch the result in one step.

Note the numbers carefully: SMS goes to 1600, but the IVR call is to 1601. These services are provided through Nepal Telecom, so they work most reliably from an NTC SIM. Because the reply is text-only, SMS/IVR/USSD show your grades and GPA rather than a formatted grade sheet, so you may still want to open the website later to download a printable copy.

Nepal's two largest digital wallets, Khalti and eSewa, offer a result-check feature that many students find to be the fastest route on publication day. Because these apps run on their own separate server infrastructure rather than pulling directly from the NEB website at the same moment, they often load smoothly even while neb.gov.np and neb.ntc.net.np are congested.

In the Khalti app, open the app and look for an Education, Result, or NEB Result option on the home screen or inside the More/Services section; tap it, choose the Grade 12 (or Grade 11) result, enter your symbol number and date of birth, and submit. In the eSewa app the flow is the same: find Education or Board Results in the services list, enter your symbol number and date of birth, and view your result. Availability of the feature can vary by year and app version, so if you do not see it, fall back to the website or the SMS/IVR/USSD channels.

Checking a result through Khalti or eSewa is free and does not require any wallet balance or payment; you are only using the app's result-lookup service. As always, enter details only in the official app downloaded from a trusted app store, and never on a look-alike website.

NEB reports results using letter grades and a Grade Point Average on a 4.0 scale rather than raw pass/fail marks. Each subject shows a letter grade earned from the combination of the external (theory) exam and the internal assessment or practical component; the marksheet lists the grade per subject and then an overall GPA. The GPA is the average of the grade points of all your subjects.

Under the NEB letter-grading scale, marks of 90–100 earn A+ (4.0 grade points), 80–89 earn A (3.6), 70–79 earn B+ (3.2), 60–69 earn B (2.8), 50–59 earn C+ (2.4), 40–49 earn C (2.0), and 35–39 earn D (1.6). The same grade-point table is applied at Grade 11 and Grade 12. To compute your GPA, add up the grade points of all subjects and divide by the number of subjects.

You may also see 'NG', which stands for Not Graded. NG is recorded when a candidate falls below the minimum requirement in a subject, and it carries 0.0 grade points, which pulls the overall GPA down. Students who receive NG in one or more subjects are typically eligible for a grade-increment (supplementary) examination held later in the year to improve that subject. Because grading rules and the exact pass threshold have been revised by NEB over time, always treat the figures on your own official, stamped grade sheet as authoritative and confirm current rules from the year's NEB notice.

If you believe a subject grade is lower than expected, NEB provides a formal review process. The first and most common step is re-totaling (grade re-totaling), which verifies that the marks on your answer sheet were added up correctly and that no marks were missed during totalling. It does not re-evaluate the quality of your answers. Applications are made online through NEB's payment/student portal (payment.neb.gov.np) by entering your symbol number and date of birth, selecting the subject(s), and paying the fee via a digital wallet or bank channel.

The re-totaling fee is charged per subject and has generally been in the range of about NPR 500 to NPR 1,000 per subject depending on the year's notice, so confirm the exact amount from the current NEB re-totaling notice before paying. Crucially, the application window is short: NEB opens re-totaling for only a limited number of days after the result is published (commonly around a week to ten days), with a firm cutoff date and time stated in the notice. Miss the deadline and you cannot apply for that cycle.

After re-totaling results are published, some cycles also allow re-checking (a deeper review in which the answer sheet is re-examined). Re-checking, where offered, carries a higher fee per subject (historically around NPR 2,000) and its own separate deadline, typically a couple of weeks after the re-totaling results. Both processes can raise, lower, or leave a grade unchanged, and fees are usually non-refundable. Because fees, windows and the exact procedure change from year to year, always follow the specific re-totaling notice published on neb.gov.np for your result.

Because everyone checks at once, servers slow down for the first hour or two. Try again after a short wait instead of hammering refresh, keep at least two methods ready, and remember that the offline SMS/IVR/USSD service and the wallet apps often work when the main sites are busy. Save or screenshot your grade sheet as soon as it loads.

Only ever enter your symbol number and date of birth on the official NEB domains (neb.gov.np, neb.ntc.net.np), the NTC service numbers, or the genuine Khalti/eSewa apps. Ignore messages promising early or 'guaranteed pass' results in exchange for money or personal data; NEB never charges to simply view a result, and it does not release results to individuals before the official time. The only money you should ever pay is the official re-totaling or re-checking fee through NEB's own portal.

Finally, keep your printed online grade sheet handy for immediate use in college admissions, but collect the official signed and stamped marksheet from your school or NEB when it is distributed, as many institutions and scholarships require the stamped original.