Educational boards in India

There are a number of educational boards in India at national and state level. An educational board in India has to be approved by Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India, and work in close co-ordination with NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training), NUEPA (National University of Educational Planning and Administration) and NCTE (National Council of Teacher Education) to start recognizing schools which impart education at different levels.

Most of the educational boards in India are part of the Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE) which is a voluntary association of boards in India. Some of the members of COBSE are also from neighbouring countries Nepal, Bhutan, Mauritius, UK and UCLES.

The list of various educational boards (recognized and unrecognized) in India is as follows:

1. Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education
2. Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education
3. Board of Higher Secondary Education, Delhi
4. Board of Secondary Education, Assam
5. Bihar School Examination Board
6. Board of Youth Education India
7. Board of Secondary Education, Kant, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
8. Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh
9. Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Bharat
10. Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan
11. Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education
12. Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi
13. Central Board Of Patna, Bihar
14. Central Board Of Education, Ajmer
15. Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education
16. Gujarat Secondary Education Board
17. Haryana Board of School Education
18. Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education
19. Indian Board of Science Education (not recognized)
20. Indian Board of School Education
21. Indian Board of Computer Education
22. Institution of Secondary Distance Education
23. Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education
24. Jharkhand Academic Council
25. Karnataka Board of the Pre-University Education
26. Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board
27. Kerala Higher Secondary Examination Board
28. Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
29. Manipur Board of Secondary Education
30. Manipur Council of Higher Secondary Education
31. Meghalaya Board of School Education
32. Mizoram Board of School Education
33. Northeast National Board Of School Education
34. Northwest Accreditation Commission
35. Nagaland Board of School Education
36. National Institute of Open Schooling
37. Orissa Board of Secondary Education
38. Orissa Council of Higher Secondary Education
39. Punjab School Education Board
40. Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education
41. Tamil Nadu Board of Higher Secondary Education
42. Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education
43. Tamil Nadu Council for Open and Distance Learning
44. Tripura Board of Secondary Education
45. Telangana Board of Intermediate Education
46. Telangana Board of Secondary Education
47. Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad
48. Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
49. Uttarakhand Board of School Education
50. West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
51. West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
52. West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open Schooling
53. West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education and Training