Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education
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| Governmental Board of School Education | |
| Industry | Education, School Examination & Issue Certificates |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Area served | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Website | dge.tn.gov.in |
Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education, established in 1910, is under the purview of the Department of Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, India. Up to and ending at the secondary (class 10) level, the following streams of education are offered: the SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) stream, the Anglo-Indian stream, the Oriental School Leaving Certificate (OSLC) stream and the Matriculation stream. And for higher secondary (classes 11 and 12) there is single unified stream leading to the award of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC). The Tamil Nadu State Board of School Examination evaluates students' progress by conducting two board examinations-one at the end of class 10 and the other at the end of class 12. The scores from the class 12 board examinations are used by universities to determine eligibility and as a cut-off for admissions into their programmes.
The jurisdiction of the board extends to schools located in the state of Tamil Nadu. Schools can choose to affiliate themselves to the Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education or to other boards-the CBSE or the ICSE-that are authorized to conduct secondary (class 10) and higher secondary (class 12) final examinations and award certificates to successful candidate.
H.S.S. Lawrence is regarded in Tamil Nadu to be the Architect of Higher Secondary Education in Tamil Nadu. As Special Officer for restructuring Educational Pattern in Tamil Nadu and as Director of School Education, Dr. Lawrence planned and implemented the All India 10+1+2 pattern of education in 1978.
The Board of Secondary Education releases the Board exam result for Class 10 and Class 12 in the month of May. In 2015, the 12th exams was conducted in March and for 10th in March/April. The result for 12th is to be published in May 2015.[1]
In 2014, the result for 12th std was announced on May 9, 2014 and result for SSLC published on May 23, 2014. In 2015, 10th results published on May 21, 2015.
In 2016, 12th results to be published on May 17, 2016 [2] and 10th results on 25th May, 2016 [3]
As per the information available in tn.nic.in, Student can get their results by SMS free of any additional charges by sending their registration number and date of birth in DD/MM/YYYY format by SMS in the format "tnboard12<blank>regno,date_of_birth" to : 09282232585 (or) +919282232585.
For Example, they have to Send "tnboard12 123456,01/04/1995" to 09282232585 where their Registration No is ‘123456’ and DOB is ‘01/04/1995’
References
http://dge.tn.gov.in/exams/SSLC.HTM
