Board of Secondary Education Punjab

Can you tell me about the Functions of the Punjab School Education Board (P.S.E.B.)? Also tell me about it’s Branches and contact detail & contact number too?

[Kiran Chandar]

Punjab School Education Board (P.S.E.B.) is a school board based in Chandigarh, India. which was founded in 1969 under a legislative act of the Government of Punjab to administer the curriculum taught in public schools in the Punjab state and conduct standardized exams in addition to conducting administration of scholarships, and publishing of textbooks.

The headquarters of the Board are located in SAS Nagar (Mohali), near Chandigarh. It is headed by a full-time Chairman whose term lasts three years and who technically reports to the Secretary of School Education in the Government of Punjab.

Functions of the Board
1. To make necessary arrangements for smooth conduct of public exam at school level .At present the Board conducts public exams at Middle, Matriculation and Senior Secondary Level.
2. To prescribe the curriculum, courses of studies and text books for school education. It has a full- fledged academic wing, having subject experts in all the major subjects. The main responsibility of this wing is to prepare and revise the syllabuses regularly and then prepare text books accordingly.
3. To arrange for the preparations, compilation, improvement, publication, printing and sale of text books.
4. To make necessary arrangements for affiliations of schools to the Board.
5. To make efforts to bring about qualitative improvement in school education.
6. To act as an advisory body to the state Govt. regarding School Education.

Branches of PSEB
The board has following branches:
• Academic Branch
• Establishment
• Administratuion
• Conduct
• Secrecy
• Punjab Open School
• Construction Wing
• Account Branch
• Affiliation Branch
• Examination Branch
• Computer Centre
• Legal Cell
• P.R.O
• Verification

Contact Detail:
PSEB Vidya Bhawan,
Phase-8, S.A.S Nagar (Mohali)-160062
Phone No. 0172 3047 444, 445