The Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (abbreviated as JKSBSE or JK BOSE) is the main board of school education in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

. It is based in Srinagar

Srinagar

Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...

 and is under the administration of the state government of Jammu and Kashmir. The board runs more than 10,609 schools across the state and employs 22,300 teachers.

Purposes

According to its official website, the purposes of the board are to:

1. Secure that education should relate intimately to the development of potentialities of the youth, to the national needs and to the aspirations of the people
2. Discover talent and nurture it;
3. Promote equality of opportunity by providing necessary facilities;
4. Help generally to raise the standard of living and productivity of the State and achieve closer and willing participation of the people in a democratic process ;
5. Regulate, control and develop education in the State of Jammu and Kashmir up to the Higher Secondary level by providing varied courses with a view to equipping pupils for different occupations, for education in the universities and other cultural purposes and to examine candidates and to award certificates to successful candidates and doing all other things incidental thereto.

Composition

The Board consists of:

• The chair of the Board
• The Principal Secretary to Government Education Department
• The Director of School Education, Kashmir
• The Director of School Education, Jammu
• A representative from each of the two Universities of Kashmir and Jammu. Each representative is appointed by Council of the University involved.
• Four school teachers, two men and two women. They are appointed by the Government. The male teachers are concerned in the education of boys, and the female teachers in that of girls.
• A well-known expert in education who is not part of the administration, but who is appointed by the Government
• A representative of the Teachers' Training Institutions. This representative is appointed by the Government.
• One man from among the Principals and Headmasters of teaching institutions in the State, appointed by the Government.
• One woman from among the Principals and Headmistress of teaching institutions in the State, appointed by the Government.

Major functions

The board is empowered to specify the courses of instruction and create syllabi for them, and to select textbooks for the for the elementary, and secondary schools and for the Higher secondary (School gradation) school examinations; to conduct public examinations and publish the results at the Secondary School and Higher Secondary levels; to Grant diplomas or certificates to people who have passed its examinations; to recognize educational institutions at the Secondary School and Higher Secondary levels, and conduct inspections of recognized institutions, ensuring that required facilitates, equipment, and staff are in place, that only the approved books and courses are taught, and that the standards are in accord with the relevant regulations; to remove recognition from schools that do not meet the proper conditions; to supervise and control the recognized institutions; and exercise various other powers given to it by law.

Exams Conducted

The exams conducted by the Board are:

• Higher Secondary - Part II Bi-Annual (Pvt)
• Matric Bi-Annual - Srinagar
  Srinagar
  Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...
  
  
• Jammu
  Jammu
  Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...
  
   - Annual Private Class X
• Higher Secondary - Pt II Annual (Pvt) - Jammu Prov.
• Jammu - Annual Regular Class X
• Higher Secondary Pt II Annual (Reg.) Jammu Prov.
• Higher Secondary Pt II Annual (Pvt.) Kashmir Prov.
• Srinagar - Annual Private Class X
• Higher Secondary Part Two - Kashmir - Annual

Some Notable Schools affiliated with JKBOSE

• SMD High School, Munawarabad, Srinagar
  SMD high school
  S.M.D. School is a school located in the heart of Srinagar city at Munawar-abad, India. SMD is a K-12, co-educational school. It has expanded to include a higher secondary wing.-Background:...
  
  
• National High School, Karan Nagar, Srinagar
• Royal Public School , Illahi Bagh ,Srinagar
• Burn Hall School
  Burn Hall School
  Burn Hall School is a missionary school for boys situated in Srinagar, India, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The school was established by the Mill Hill fathers/missionaries of Ireland....
  
  Sonwar, Srinagar
• Presentation Convent High School
  Presentation Convent High School
  Presentation Convent High School is a girls' primary and secondary school in the Rajbagh neighborhood of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.Located on the banks of the Jehlum River, the school is an English-medium institution run by Christian missionaries. It enjoys a reputation for being the...
  
   Srinagar
• Tyndale Biscoe School
  Tyndale Biscoe School
  Tyndale Biscoe School is an 'all boys school' in Jammu and Kashmir, India, in the heart of the summer capital Srinagar. The school was founded in 1880 and is the oldest school in Srinagar. The school was started by Christian missionaries and was named after Canon Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe...
  
   Lalchowk, Srinagar
• St. Joseph's School (Baramulla)
  St. Joseph's School (Baramulla)
  St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School , Baramulla, is established and owned by the Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar and is administered by its Education Society under the provisions of article 30 of the Indian Constitution; for Christians and all others without any distinction of caste, creed or...
  
  
• Maharaja Harisingh Agri Collegiate School
  Maharaja Harisingh Agri Collegiate School
  Maharaja Harisingh Agri Collegiate School is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education New Delhi. The School is situated on Akhnoor road, off the main city of Jammu Tawi, India.The salient features of the school are:...
  
  
• Iqbal Memorial Institute ,Bemina,Srinagar
• Lal Ded Memorial School
  Lal Ded Memorial School
  Lal Ded Memorial School is one of the oldest high schools in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. it is located on the bank of Jehlum River near 2nd Bridge Habba Kadal...
  
  
• Skylight Higher Secondary School, Pampore
  Pampore
  Pampore or Pampur is a town and a notified area committee in Pulwama district in the Indian administered part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.-Geography:Pampore is located at . It has an average elevation of 1,574 metres...
  
  
• Al-Huda Public School
• R.S.Jagriti Niketan School,Kathua District
• Geographicus Public School, Shopian