TheBoard of Secondary Education, Odisha (abbreviatedBSE) is a board of education for government, public and private schools under the state government ofOdisha,India.
The BSE 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.[1]
The BSE affiliates all state schools, private schools and colleges in the state of Odisha. It also established and manages theSecondary Board High School, Cuttack, as a model high school. This school shares the same campus as BSE's head office at Cuttack.
In addition to the central zonal offices inCuttack, there are 6 branch offices atBhubaneswar,Balasore,Baripada,Berhampur,Jeypore andSambalpur.[2] 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.[3]