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Examination board

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Not to be confused with board examination in India.

An examination board (or exam board) is an organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them, and distributes the results. Some are run by governmental entities; some are run as not-for-profit organizations.

International exam boards

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Pan-regional exam boards

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National exam boards by country

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Australia

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Examinations in Australia are set by individual state authorities:

Bangladesh

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See also: List of Intermediate and Secondary Education Boards in Bangladesh

Nine education boards organize four national levels of examinations under the control of Ministry of Education:

  • PEC (class 5)
  • JSC (class 8)
  • SSC (secondary)
  • HSC (higher secondary)

There are two more alternative education boards in Bangladesh, namely the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and the Bangladesh Technical Education Board.

Students are admitted to colleges based on the results of the SSC. After the HSC, students are admitted into universities by qualifying in admission tests.

The British Council Bangladesh offers International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exams, and other international exams.

Cameroon

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The Cameroon GCE Board administers GCE O and A Level examinations.

China

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The National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA; Chinese: 教育部教育考试院) under the Ministry of Education is mainly responsible for major education examinations, including overseas examination and gaokao in Mainland China.

The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority is responsible for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examination.

India

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In India, the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) is an association of all the national, regional and international education boards, under the Ministry of Education.

National-level exam boards

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State-level exam boards

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Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
  • Board of School Education Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal

Other recognized exam boards

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Ireland

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In Ireland, exams are run through one main examination board called the State Examinations Commission (SEC). This exam board provides examinations for secondary school level students, including Junior Certificate/Junior Cycle for students aged 14-16 and Leaving Certificate/Leaving Cert Applied (LCA) examinations for students aged 17-19.

Examinations from the SEC are available in both the Irish and English languages.

The Irish SEC Leaving Certificate is also examined at The International School of the Martyrs (ISM) in Tripoli, Libya. The examination in Libya is available to students in Arabic.

Malaysia

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Examinations in Malaysia are set by Examination Syndicate (Lembaga Peperiksaan Malaysia) Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine under the supervision of Malaysia's Ministry of Education.

The Examination Syndicate provide Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations locally for all the states in Malaysia. The SPM certificate is taken by all Malaysian students at the age of 17 and in Form 5 except those are studying in some international schools. The SPM certificate is equivalent to a Cambridge O-Level certificate.

The Malaysian Examination Council (MPM) is providing Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) examination to all Form 6 students in Malaysia. The STPM certificate is equivalent to a Cambridge A-Level certificate.

The Malaysian Examination Council (MPM) also providing Malaysian English University Test (MUET) for all the Malaysian students to maintain the students' English proficiency level. All Malaysian students must take MUET examination and their achievement level is one of the main criteria for them to pursue their studies in any degree program under government and private universities in Malaysia.

Philippines

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The Professional Regulation Commission sets exams in the Philippines.

Poland

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There is one state run central system of examination boards in Poland called "Centralna Komisja Egzaminacyjna" ("Central Examination Board [Wikidata]") established within the new legislation on education issued by Polish parliament in 1998.[2] The central board has eight regional branches called "Okręgowa Komisja Egzaminacyjna" (OKE) – "Regional Examination Board [Wikidata]". All primary and secondary schools and other education institutions in a region are served by the regional OKE. Universities are not part of that system. It is allowed by law to sit an exam in other regional board than the home one, but practically it does not happen.

Each OKE is responsible for the content and administration of the entrance tests to primary schools, Gymnasiums and secondary schools in accordance to the Ministry of Education annual guidelines. Final secondary school examination called Matura (analogous to A Levels) is prepared each year by the Ministry of Education and administered by regional examiners, who are recruited, trained and paid by regional OKE boards. Each regional OKE has an authority to issue an official certificate of an examination.

Nr OKE Voivodeship
1. OKE Gdańsk Pomeranian
Kuyavian–Pomeranian
2. OKE Jaworzno Silesian
3. OKE Kraków Lesser Poland
Subcarpathian
Lublin
4. OKE Łomża Podlaskie
Warmian–Masurian
5. OKE Łódź Łódź
Świętokrzyskie
6. OKE Poznań Greater Poland
West Pomeranian
Lubusz
7. OKE Warsaw Masovian
8. OKE Wrocław Lower Silesian
Opole


Singapore

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United Kingdom

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See also: Examination boards in the United Kingdom

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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The members of this list all provide A-Level and GCSE qualifications:

Scotland

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Qualifications Scotland administer Advanced Higher, Higher and National qualifications in Scotland

United States

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Primary and secondary school tests are generally administered by the state boards of education – or in the case of private schools, private organizations whose affiliations align with those of the school. Tertiary school entrance qualifications and vocational qualifications are provided by other organizations.

Zambia

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The Examinations Council of Zambia sets and conduct examinations.

Zimbabwe

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The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council administers the ZIMSEC GCE Ordinary Level and ZIMSEC GCE Advanced Level examinations.

References

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  1. ^ "Key mInformation". SACE Board of SA. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ "About us". Central Examination Board official web site (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Directory of Awarding Bodies". Qualifications Wales. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  4. ^ "AQA Education". Find a regulated awarding organisation. Gov.UK. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment". Find a regulated awarding organisation. Gov.UK. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Pearson Education Ltd". Find a regulated awarding organisation. Gov.UK. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Cambridge OCR". Find a regulated awarding organisation. Gov.UK. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  8. ^ "WJEC-CBAC". Find a regulated awarding organisation. Gov.UK. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Cambridge International Education". Find a regulated awarding organisation. Gov.UK. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Approved Awarding Bodies". Qualifications Scotland. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
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