Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education

The Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education is the main board of school education in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is based in Jammu & Srinagar and is an autonomous body under the administration of the state government of Jammu and Kashmir. The board gives affiliation to more than 10200 schools across the state and employs 22856 teachers.PurposesAccording to its official website, the purposes of the board are to: Secure that education should relate intimately to the development of potentialities of the youth, to the national needs and to the aspirations of the people Discover talent and nurture it; Promote equality of opportunity by providing necessary facilities; Help generally to raise the standard of living and productivity of the State and achieve closer and willing participation of the people in a democratic process ; Regulate, control and develop education in the State of Jammu and Kashmir up to the Higher Secondary level by providing varied courses with a view to equipping pupils for different occupations, for education in the universities and other cultural purposes and to examine candidates and to award certificates to successful candidates and doing all other things incidental thereto.CompositionThe Board consists of:The chair of the BoardThe Commissioner/ Secretary to Government School Education Department The Director of School Education, Jammu The Director of School Education, Kashmir A representative from each of the two Universities of Kashmir and Jammu. Each representative is appointed by Council of the University involved. Four school teachers, two men and two women. They are appointed by the Government. The male teachers are concerned in the education of boys, and the female teachers in that of girls.A well-known expert in education who is not part of the administration, but who is appointed by the Government A representative of the Teachers' Training Institutions. This representative is appointed by the Government.One man from among the Principals and Headmasters of teaching institutions in the State, appointed by the Government. One woman from among the Principals and Headmistress of teaching institutions in the State, appointed by the Government.