Currently there more than 15 lakh schools in India providing Elementary and Secondary level school education in India. Indian schools provide education to students through affiliation to various recognized and unrecognized Board of educations. With the absence of information of approved education boards in India, it’s very difficult to give the complete list of boards in India. Indian Schools offers syllabus and curriculum as per the following National, State and International boards. Read this article to know everything about boards in India.
List of Students in schools
| Values in Thousands | Male | Female | Total |
| Primary (I-V) | 67,609 | 62,892 | 1,30,501 |
| Upper Primary (VI-VIII) | 34,501 | 32,664 | 67,165 |
| Secondary (IX-X) | 20,121 | 18,180 | 38,301 |
| Senior Secondary (XI-XII) | 12,440 | 11,061 | 23,501 |
| 1,34,671 | 1,24,797 | 2,59,468 |
All India National Level Boards in India
- CBSE – Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi
- Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi
- National Institute of Open Schooling (formarly National Open School), New Delhi
State Boards
- Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education
- Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education
- Andhra Pradesh Open School Society
- Assam Higher Secondary Education Council
- Assam Board of Secondary Education
- Assam state Open school
- Bihar Intermediate Education Council, Patna
- Bihar School Examination Board, Patna
- Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Patna
- Bihar Board of Open Schooling & Examination
- Chhatisgarh Board of Secondary Education, Raipur
- Chhatisgarh Board of Secondary Education & State Open School, Raipur
- Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Goa
- Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhi Nagar
- Gujarat State Open School, Gandhinagar Gujarat
- Haryana Board of Education, Hansi Road, Bhiwani
- Haryana Open School, Bhiwani
- Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Dharamshala
- Himachal Pradesh State Open School, Dharamsala, Kangra
- J&K State Board of School Education, Jammu
- J&K State Open School, Srinagar
- Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi
- Karnataka Board of the Pre-University Education, Bangalore
- Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Borad, Bangalore
- Karnataka Open School, J.S.S. MahaVidya Peeth, Mysore
- Kerala Board of Public Examinations, Pareeksha Bhawan, Thiruvananthpuram
- Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education, Thiruvananthapuram
- Kerala State Open School, Thiruvananthapuram
- Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune
- Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, Bhopal
- M.P. State Open School, Bhopal
- Manipur Council of Higher Secondary Education, Imphal
- Manipur Board of Secondary Education, Imphal
- Meghalaya Board of School Education, Meghalaya
- Mizoram Board of School Education Chaltlan, Aizawl
- Nagaland Board of School Education, Kohima
- Orissa Council of Higher Secondary Education Bhubaneswar
- Orissa Board of Secondary Education, Cuttack
- Punjab School Education Board, Mohali
- Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education, Ajmer
- Rajasthan State Open School, Jaipur
- Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education, Chennai
- Tamil Nadu Board of Higher Secondary Education, Chennai
- Tamil Nadu State Open School, Chennai
- Tripura Board of Secondary Education, Agartala, Tripura West
- U.P. Board of High School & Intermediate Education, Allahabad
- Telangana Board of Intermediate Education
- Telangana Board of Secondary Education
- Uttranchal Shiksha Evm Pariksha Parishad, Ram Nagar, Nanital
- West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, Calcutta
- West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, Calcutta
- West Bengal Council for Rabindra Open Schooling
- West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education
Other Indian recognized boards for Secondary and Higher Secondary Level
- Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi.
- Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, HaridwarDirectorate of
- Army Education, New Delhi.
- Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
- Jamia Miliya Hamdard University
- Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, Rajasthan
- Jamia Miliya Islamia, New Delhi.
International Boards in India (Foreign education boards in India)
Cambridge International Examinations (University of Cambridge)
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- IGCSE Programme from University of Cambridge – International General Certificate of Secondary Education
- CIE A & AS Level
International Baccalaureate
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- PYP – Primary Years Programme
- MYP – Middle Years Programme
- DP – Diploma Programme
