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Nagaland Board of School Education
Est. under Nagaland State Legislative Assembly Act 1973
NBSE
NBSE

About NBSE

A brief profile of Nagaland Board of School Education

Established under Act No.4 of the Nagaland State Legislative Assembly 1973 on the 15th November 1973, the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) started functioning from the 1st October 1974 covering the whole of Nagaland within its ambit. As empowered by the Act, the Board prescribes, regulate, supervise and develop the educational system of the state up to higher secondary level.

The NBSE prescribe courses of instruction up to higher secondary level and vocational education. It conducts and supervises the conduct of:

  1. HSSLC Examination
  2. Class XI Promotion Examination
  3. HSLC Examination
  4. HSLC Compartmental Examination
  5. Class IX Final Examination
  6. Class VIII Examination
  7. Entrance Examination for technical courses such as Nagaland State Entrance Examination (NSEE) and any other examination directed by the Government.

The Board prepares the curriculum & syllabus and prescribes textbooks for secondary and higher secondary and conducts the examinations. It organizes teachers development programmes and conducts workshops, seminars and training of teachers on matters related to academic and examination issues. For the past 3 years, the Board have been carrying out in–service teachers training under RMSA programme.

It lays down conditions for registration and recognition of schools and constantly monitors the academic standards of its registered schools. The Board considers the collection, evaluation of statistics and analysis of results a very important function and so publishes regularly the analysis report. Doing so, it tries to study and examine the problems in the field of education for onward submission to the Government.

NBSE History Timeline

  • The NBSE was set up through an Act by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly and received the assent of the Governor on the 15th of November 1973.
  • It started functioning from the 1st October 1974
  • In March 1975, the Board held its first High School Leaving Certificate Examination at 6 (six) centres, for 2008 candidates.
  • In trying to emerge with her own identity, a series of workshops, seminars, trainings, study tour were organized. Subsequently, the state level curriculum committee held its first meeting on the 30th March 1978 which led to a series of workshops to bring out our independent curriculum.
  • The new curriculum, shaped after the needs of the state, was approved by the Government on the 12th April 1979. Text books written or selected in accordance with the newly framed curriculum were put into use for classes 9 and 10 from 1981 and 1982 respectively.
  • In 1986, a significant development marked the HSLC examination process with the introduction of centrally coded answer books for centralised evaluation.
  • From 1987 the system of conducting supplementary examination in the middle of the year and immediately after the main examination was abolished.

  • In 1988, the existing HSLC course was semesterised and bifurcated into two examinations, i.e. the Class 9 (Promotion) Examination and the HSLC examination. With the onset of semesterisation, supplementary examination was done away with. The NBSE conducted the HSLC Examination 1988 on the new syllabus based on the national core curriculum.

    The first Class-9 (Promotion) examination was held in 1988 at all the recognised schools.

    Classes-8 and 9 examinations were decentralised where the Board sets and supplies the question papers and the schools evaluate and declare the results as per the criteria laid down.

  • The 1994 batch of students of Class 8 and 9 were allotted registration numbers consequent upon their success at these examinations.

  • The 1995 batch of students of Class 8 and 9 were issued pass certificates with registration numbers. This move made it easier for the Board to keep a track record of each student.

    The NBSE ( Amendment ) Act 1990 empowers the Board to conduct the higher secondary school leaving certificate examination under the three streams- science, arts and commerce.

Composition

The Board is composed of ex-officio members, members nominated by the Government and co-opted members.

There is a full time Chairman who is the chief executive of the office. The different sections of the office are examination, academic, administration, computer and accounts.

Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of the Board is the State of Nagaland.

Examinations

The examinations conducted by the Board can be categorized into two different scheme:

  1. School Based Examination ─ Classes IX & XI
  2. Public Examination ─ HSSLC & HSLC

1. School Based Examinations:

In school based Board examination, the Board sets the question papers and the confidential packets are delivered at the district headquarters by the Board except Kohima district and the Heads of Institutions collect it from the district headquarter. Evaluation of answer scripts is done by the subject teachers of the respective schools and the results are prepared as per the criteria set by the Board. The results are declared only after it is approved by the Board. All registered institutions are centres of examination.

2. Public Examinations:

In public examination, the Board sets question papers, evaluates the answer scripts and declares the results. The Board creates the centres of examination all over the State depending on the number of enrolment and schools, administrative convenience and availability of Government Treasury or Nationalized Banks and Postal Services. The Deputy Commissioner or the local Sub-divisional Administration Officer is the Chairman of the local examination Committee for the centres.

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