Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education (TNBSE) is under the purview of the Department of Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1910.It is the oldest and amongst the most well known boards in India. The board has controlled the education system in the schools of Tamil NaduTamil Nadu board conducts exams twice a year. The Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education also conducts supplementary exams in the state and provides certificates to qualified studentshe Tamil Nadu Board includes various streams such as SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) stream, the Anglo India stream, the Oriental School Leaving Certificate (OSLC), and the Matriculation stream. For 11th and 12th standards, it provides Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) stream tooEvery year, nearly 7 lakh students appear for both Tamil Nadu board SSLC exams and Tamil Nadu board HSC exams.
The main objective of the Board is to collect data related to students who have appeared in exams. TNBSE also provide authorization to the centers to conduct examination. The board has a massive fame for conducting activities related to examination in a proper order.