Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore is the secondary and intermediate education governmental body in Lahore Division. It is located at 86 Mozang Road, Lahore. It was established in 1954. The Board's jurisdiction has been confined to the districts of Lahore, Kasur, Okara, Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib. The Board is the mainstream of education throughout the country. The Lahore Board is considered as the biggest educational board in Pakistan: around 2 million students are examined every year through this board in matriculation and intermediate exams.IntroductionSince the emergence of Pakistan on the map of the world, the examinations pertaining to the Matriculation and Intermediate level were conducted under the aegis of University of the Punjab. However, through the promulgation of the Punjab University Act (Amendment) Ordinance 1954, the Board of Secondary Education, Punjab was established in the province which took from the said University control of examinations of Secondary, Intermediate and Pakistani & Classical Languages. The first-ever examination for these stages was conducted in the year 1955. Owing to tremendous increase in the candidature, two more Boards were established at Multan and Sargodha under West Pakistan Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Multan & Sargodha) Ordinance No.XVII of 1968. As a result of further bifurcation, Boards were also established at Rawalpindi and Gujranwala. The re-construction of the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Lahore has been done through the Punjab Boards of Intermediate & Secondary Education Act 1976 (lately amended by Punjab Ordinance No.XLVII), and presently in the administrative setup of the province, nine Boards are functioning at division level.JurisdictionAt the time of its inception in 1954, the Board inherited vast territorial jurisdictions for conducting examinations in the provinces of Punjab, Baluchistan, Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas. To accommodate overseas candidates, the Board also constituted examination centres at Kuwait and Nairobi (Kenya). Current jurisdiction of the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Lahore has been confined to the districts of Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib.