Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE)

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) was established in 1965 to conduct the SSC and HSC examinations. It is one of the popular boards after CBSE and ICSE where students from Maharashtra enroll themselves. Some of the other functions of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education includes the formation, and implementation of the rules and regulations in accordance to the guidelines set by the state as well as central boards. It is also responsible for formation of syllabus, textbooks, exam schedule. The board is also responsible for scoring of the centralised tests, and conducting examinations fairly and providing unbiased justice in the event of dispute.

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Examinations

The Board conducts examination twice a year and the number of students appearing for the main examination is around 1,400,000 for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and 1,700,000 for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) every year. The exams are usually held in the months of March, and October every year; and results are given out usually in June, and January respectively.

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Divisional Boards

There are eight divisional boards with the state to represent the state board. Their duties include, but not limited to:

Decide the schools/colleges to conduct the final exams.
Appoint the paper setters, translators, custodians (of question papers, and blank and filled up answer papers), conductors (transportation), and examiners (paper checkers).

There are nine divisional boards located at Amravati, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Konkan, Latur, Bombay, Nagpur, Nashik, and Poona.