Odisha Board of Secondary Education

The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (abbreviated BSE) is a board of education for government, public and private schools under the state government of Odisha, India.

Board of Secondary Education, Odisha

ମାଧ୍ୟମିକ ଶିକ୍ଷା ପରିଷଦ, ଓଡ଼ିଶା
Entrance Gate of BSE Headquarter
Nickname	B.S.E., Odisha
Formation	November 3, 1994 (1994-11-03)
Type	State Governmental
Headquarters	Bajrakabati Road, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Official language	Odia & English
President	Srikant Tarai, OAS (SS)
Vice President	Dr. Nihar Ranjan Mohanty, OES (SAG)
Secretary	Manjulata Mallik
Minister	Nityananda Gond
Parent organisation	Department of School and Mass Education, Government of Odisha
Website	www.bseodisha.ac.in

History

The BSE was formed under the Odisha Education Act 1953. The board controls and maintains all the necessary secondary education in the state of Odisha. Under this board, various courses are offered to students for different occupations and to prepare the students for university.^[1]

Affiliations

The BSE affiliates all state schools, private schools and colleges in the state of Odisha. It also established and manages the Secondary Board High School, Cuttack, as a model high school. This school shares the same campus as BSE's head office at Cuttack.

Examinations

The board conducts final examinations for various state sponsored courses.

• OTET (Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test)
• OSSTET (Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility Test)
• HSCE (High School Certificate Examination)
• CT (Teachers' Certificate Examination)
• C.P.Ed (Certificate course in Physical Education Examination)
• Prathama Examination
• Madhyama Examination
• NRTS (Middle School Scholarship / National Rural Talent Scholarship Examination)
• PMST (Pathani Samanta Mathematics Scholarship Test) stage-I(Class-VI) & stage-II(Class-IX)
• Primary Scholarship Examination (Class-III & Class-V)

Regional offices

In addition to the central zonal offices in Cuttack, there are 6 branch offices at Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Baripada, Berhampur, Jeypore and Sambalpur.^[2] The revenue district under its jurisdiction includes offices situated at Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Dhenkanal, Angul, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Ganjam, Kandhamal Gajapati, Boudh, Koraput, Nowrangpur, Malkanagir, Rayagada, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Baragarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Kalahandi and Nuapada.^[3]

See also

• Department of Higher Education, Odisha
• Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha