Odisha Board of Secondary Education

The B.S.E 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. ==Affiliations==

The B.S.E 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 B.S.E's head office at Cuttack. ==Courses Provided==

The board conducts matriculation or Annual High School Certificate examination every year on the subjects such as : • First Language • Odia(FLO) • Alternative English(FLE) • Hindi(FLH) • Urdu(FLU) • Telugu(FLT) • Bangla(FLB) • Second Language • English(SLE) • Hindi(SLH) • Environment and Population Education(SEP) [Only for hearing impaired candidates] • Third Language • Sanskrit(TLS) • Hindi(TLH) • Odia(TLO) • Persian(TLP) • Vocational Trade • Information Technology(IT) • Retail(RT) • Tourism and Hospitality(TH) • Plumbing(PL) • Beauty & Wellness(BW) • Agriculture – Sericulture/Poultry Farming/Animal Husbandry(AH) • Apparel/Automotive(AM) • Electronics & Hardware(EH) • Construction(CN) • Food Processing(FP) • Telecom(TC) • Agriculture-SC(AG-SC) • Agriculture-AW(AG-AW) • Agriculture-CG(AG-CG) • Healthcare-HT(HC-HT) • Visual Art(TLV) [Only for hearing impaired candidates] • Mathematics(MTH) • General Science(GSC) • Social Science(SSC) The board also conducts Madhyama Sanskrit examination every year on the subjects such as • Sanskruta Vyakarana O Darshan(VOD) • Sanskruta Sahityam(SHA) • Prayogatmaka Sanskruta • Karmakanda O Jyotish(KKJ) • Ayurveda O Joga(AVJ) • Matrubhasa • Odia(MOR) • Hindi(MHN) • Mathematics(MTH) • Bigyan(GSC) • Samajika Bigyan(SSC) • English(ENG) ==Examinations==

The board conducts final examinations for various state sponsored courses, which are follows : • 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. 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. ==See also==