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Quick 3-Minute Guide: Check If Your 10th/12th Board is Legally Recognized for NEET, JEE & Govt Jobs — Direct Verification on IndianCode.online
Is Your 10th or 12th Board Certificate Valid for College & Jobs?
Every year, thousands of students are cheated by fake boards promising quick 10th/12th passing certificates. When applying for NEET, JEE, CUET, or Government Jobs, their marksheets get rejected!
To protect your career, here is the official master list of all 76 recognized school boards in India, verified under Central and State legislative frameworks by India Code (IndianCode.online).
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Complete Official List of 76 Recognized Boards in India
Check your board name in the official statutory table below:
|
Sl No |
Recognized Education Board / Council |
State / Jurisdiction |
Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) |
International / Cambridge |
Statutory Approved |
|
2 |
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh |
Central Govt / UP |
Statutory Approved |
|
3 |
Andhra Pradesh Open School Society (APOSS) |
Andhra Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
4 |
Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) |
Assam |
Statutory Approved |
|
5 |
Assam Sanskrit Board (Guwahati) |
Assam |
Statutory Approved |
|
6 |
Banasthali Vidyapith |
Rajasthan |
Statutory Approved |
|
7 |
Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC) |
Bhutan / Bilateral |
Statutory Approved |
|
8 |
Bihar Board of Open Schooling and Examination (BBOSE), Patna |
Bihar |
Statutory Approved |
|
9 |
Bihar Intermediate Education Council (BIEC), Patna |
Bihar (Now BSEB) |
Statutory Approved |
|
10 |
Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Patna |
Bihar |
Statutory Approved |
|
11 |
Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), Patna |
Bihar |
Statutory Approved |
|
12 |
Bihar State Madrasa Education Board, Patna |
Bihar |
Statutory Approved |
|
13 |
Board of High School and Intermediate Education, UP (UPMSP) |
Uttar Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
14 |
Tamil Nadu Board of Higher Secondary Education |
Tamil Nadu |
Statutory Approved |
|
15 |
Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education (BIEAP) |
Andhra Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
16 |
Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) |
Uttarakhand |
Statutory Approved |
|
17 |
Haryana Board of School Education (BSEH) |
Haryana |
Statutory Approved |
|
18 |
Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha |
Odisha |
Statutory Approved |
|
19 |
Board of Secondary Education (BSEAP), Andhra Pradesh |
Andhra Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
20 |
Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan (RBSE), Ajmer |
Rajasthan |
Statutory Approved |
|
21 |
Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), Guwahati |
Assam |
Statutory Approved |
|
22 |
Board of Secondary Education, Manipur, Imphal |
Manipur |
Statutory Approved |
|
23 |
CBSE I (CBSE International) |
National / Global |
Statutory Approved |
|
24 |
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi |
National |
Statutory Approved |
|
25 |
Central Board of Open Schooling and Examination (CBOSE) |
National / Global |
Statutory Approved |
|
26 |
Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Board, Raipur |
Chhattisgarh |
Statutory Approved |
|
27 |
Chhattisgarh Board of Open School, Raipur (CGSOS) |
Chhattisgarh |
Statutory Approved |
|
28 |
Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE), Raipur |
Chhattisgarh |
Statutory Approved |
|
29 |
Chhattisgarh Madrasa Board, Raipur |
Chhattisgarh |
Statutory Approved |
|
30 |
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) |
National |
Statutory Approved |
|
31 |
Council of Higher Secondary Education (COHSEM), Manipur |
Manipur |
Statutory Approved |
|
32 |
Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha |
Odisha |
Statutory Approved |
|
33 |
Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra |
Uttar Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
34 |
Edexcel, London (UK) |
International (UK) |
Statutory Approved |
|
35 |
Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) |
Goa |
Statutory Approved |
|
36 |
Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) |
Gujarat |
Statutory Approved |
|
37 |
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) |
Himachal Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
38 |
International Baccalaureate (IB) |
International (Geneva) |
Statutory Approved |
|
39 |
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi |
Delhi (Central) |
Statutory Approved |
|
40 |
Jammu & Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Statutory Approved |
|
41 |
Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC), Ranchi |
Jharkhand |
Statutory Approved |
|
42 |
Karnataka Board of Pre-University Education (PUE / KSEAB) |
Karnataka |
Statutory Approved |
|
43 |
JSS Karnataka Open School |
Karnataka |
Statutory Approved |
|
44 |
Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) |
Karnataka |
Statutory Approved |
|
45 |
Higher Secondary Education Govt of Kerala (DHSE), Thiruvananthapuram |
Kerala |
Statutory Approved |
|
46 |
Kerala Board of Public Examinations (KBPE) |
Kerala |
Statutory Approved |
|
47 |
Kerala State Open School (SCOLE Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram |
Kerala |
Statutory Approved |
|
48 |
Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) |
Madhya Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
49 |
Madhya Pradesh State Open School (MPSOS), Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
50 |
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) |
Maharashtra |
Statutory Approved |
|
51 |
Maharishi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan, Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
52 |
Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) |
Meghalaya |
Statutory Approved |
|
53 |
Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) |
Mizoram |
Statutory Approved |
|
54 |
Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) |
Nagaland |
Statutory Approved |
|
55 |
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Noida |
National |
Statutory Approved |
|
56 |
Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) |
Punjab |
Statutory Approved |
|
57 |
Rajasthan State Open School (RSOS), Jaipur |
Rajasthan |
Statutory Approved |
|
58 |
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Hyderabad |
Telangana / AP |
Statutory Approved |
|
59 |
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Central Sanskrit University) |
National |
Statutory Approved |
|
60 |
School Education Department, Govt of Tamil Nadu (TNDGE) |
Tamil Nadu |
Statutory Approved |
|
61 |
Telangana Open School Society (TOSS) |
Telangana |
Statutory Approved |
|
62 |
Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) |
Telangana |
Statutory Approved |
|
63 |
The Haryana Open School (HOS) |
Haryana |
Statutory Approved |
|
64 |
The Jammu & Kashmir State Open School (JKSOS) |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Statutory Approved |
|
65 |
The Kerala State Higher Education Council |
Kerala |
Statutory Approved |
|
66 |
The West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open Schooling (WBCROS) |
West Bengal |
Statutory Approved |
|
67 |
Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) |
Tripura |
Statutory Approved |
|
68 |
U.P. Board of Secondary Sanskrit Education Council, Lucknow |
Uttar Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
69 |
Uttar Pradesh State Open School Board (UPSOS) |
Uttar Pradesh |
Statutory Approved |
|
70 |
Uttaranchal Shiksha Evam Pariksha Parishad (Ramnagar) |
Uttarakhand |
Statutory Approved |
|
71 |
Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan |
West Bengal (Central) |
Statutory Approved |
|
72 |
Vocational Higher Secondary Education Dept (VHSE), Govt of Kerala |
Kerala |
Statutory Approved |
|
73 |
West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education (WBBME) |
West Bengal |
Statutory Approved |
|
74 |
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) |
West Bengal |
Statutory Approved |
|
75 |
West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education & Training (WBSCTVESD) |
West Bengal |
Statutory Approved |
|
76 |
The Board of Open Schooling and Skill Education (BOSSE), Sikkim |
Sikkim |
Statutory Approved |
