Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad

Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (( _hi. उत्तर प्रदेश माध्यमिक शिक्षा परिशद्)) or Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education is a board of school education in Uttar Pradesh State of India. The UPB prepares the syllabus for students from Class I to Class XII, for schools affiliated with it. It conducts three board examinations: the Middle School Exam for Class VII, the High School Exam for Class X and the Intermediate Exam for Class XII, which is a school-leaving examination. It also prescribes the syllabus for these examinations, whose scores are necessary to gain admission in higher study institutes. Apart from Government Schools i.e. Government Inter College(GIC) for Boys and Government Girls Inter College(GGIC) for Girls majority of private schools through the state also affiliate themselves with the UPB. The medium for education prescribed by UPB is either English or Hindi.

UPB is headquartered at Allahabad and governs 9121 schools. The Board is holding the examinations and currently preparing the results of nearly 3.2 million students. It is the largest examining body in the world. [ [http://upmsp.nic.in/aboutus.htm UPB About Us] ]

Historical background

The Board by an act of United Provinces Legislative Council was set up in the year 1921 at Allahabad. It conducted its first examination in 1923. This Board is one in India which, from the very start, had adopted 10+2 system of examination. The first public examination after 10 years education is High School Examination and after the 10+2 stage, there is Intermediate Examination. Prior to 1923, University of Allahabad was the examining body of these two examinations.

Organization

UPB is head officed at Allahabad with Secretary as the over all executive head.As such four Regional Offices of the Board under the control of Regional Secretaries are existing:
* Meerut (1973)
* Varanasi (1978)
* Bareilly (1981)
* Allahabad (1987)

Activities

* To grant recognition to schools.
* To prescribe courses and text books at High school and Intermediate level.
* To conduct High school and Intermediate Examinations.
* To provide equivalence to the examinations conducted by other Boards.

ee also

* Central Board of Secondary Education
* Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), India
* Indian School Certificate (ISC),India
* Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), India
* Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC), India
* Boards of Education in India

References

* [http://upmsp.nic.in/aboutus.htm UPB Home Page]
* [http://upmsp.nic.in/stat.htm Year wise Statics of UPB Exams from 1991]