GBSHSE: Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education

The Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) is the main state board of education in Goa, responsible for secondary and higher secondary education management in its affiliated schools. The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education was established on 27 May 1975 under "The Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act, 1975" and is responsible for conducting Class 10 and Class 12 examinations.

The main aim of the Board is to provide secondary and higher secondary education; to pay special attention to the improvement of the secondary and higher secondary education so that it meets the required needs and standards of economic and social development; to provide adequate facilities for educational and professional advancement of socially and educationally backward communities; to take such steps and such measures as may lead to intellectual, academic, physical and cultural development of the youth.

GBSHSE Functions

Grant and withdraw recognition to the Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools
Advise the government on matters of policy relating to secondary and higher
secondary education in general and on the following matters in particular:

Ensuring a uniform pattern of education
Maintaining of a uniform standard of education in Secondary and Higher Secondary
school
Co-ordination between the national policies and the policies of the state in respect of
Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
Co-ordination between primary, secondary higher secondary and university education.

Lay down guiding principles regarding curricula and syllabi for the entire secondary and higher secondary courses and to prepare the detailed syllabi for all standards of secondary and higher secondary education.
Advise the Government on standard requirement in respect of staff, buildings, furniture, equipment, stationery and other amenities required for secondary and higher secondary schools;
Prescribe and prepare textbooks for all standards of secondary and higher secondary education;
Prescribe conditions for admission of regular and private candidates to the final
examinations;
Declare the results of the candidates of the final examinations conducted by it.