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PUNJAB SCHOOL EDUCATION BOARD.......
INTRODUCTION
The Punjab School Education Board came into being under an Act of Legislation in 1969, amended in 1987, 2000 and 2005.
OBJECTIVE
Under an Act of Legislation of Government of Punjab, Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), Chandigarh was founded to administer curriculum taught in public schools in Punjab state and conduct standardized examinations besides conducting teacher training, administration of scholarships, and publishing of text-books.
TEXT BOOKS
PUBLICATION
Publication wing is headed by Deputy Director (PSEB) and assisted by the publication Officers, Assistant publication Officers and other supporting staff for the same. The responsibility of this wing is to engage the private printing presses to get the text-books printed.
SALE
The Board has established text-books sale depots at District and some Tehsil levels. At present there are 21 text-books sale depots. This wing is headed by a Deputy Secretary who is assisted by Senior Managers at head office and managers at district level/ tehsil levels. The depots are dealing with the sale of textbooks, admission forms and syllabi for different classes.
PRESENT DATA
Publication: At present, there are 210 titles apart from the other publications like syllabi, guidebooks etc.
Sale: There are 2504 sale agencies which procure the books, admission forms and syllabi from the depots on commission basis.
EXAMINATION
Examination wing of PSEB is headed by the Controller of Examinations assisted by Deputy Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF EXAMINATION DEPARTMENT - Examination wing is only to conduct the Matriculation and +2 examinations, to get evaluate the answer-books and to declare results and to issue certificates etc.
- This wing is also to supervise about 4000 examination centers all over the state.
- To ensure copying free conduct of examinations different flying squads headed by D.E.O. (Deputy Education Officer) and other officers of Board and Education Department are deputed to check the copying.
- To stop the outside interference help of police is sought and section 144 of Cr. P. C. is also activated.
MIDDLE CELL/ MIDDLE EXAMINATION WING
- This wing is headed by the Deputy Secretary assisted byAssistant Secretaries and Superintendents.
- The responsibility of this wing is to conduct the Middle standard (class VIII) examination, to get evaluate the answer-books and to declare results and to issue certificates etc.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Board also gives merit scholarships to meritorious students @ one student per 1000 students.
ELIGIBILITY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
These scholarships are given only to those students who are not covered by the national/state scholarships.
ABOUT SCHOOLS
Presently,there are 1739 Schools affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board and these schools are established in different districts of Punjab like Amritsar, Ludhiana, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Moga etc.
CONTACT DETAILS
Secretary,
Vidya Bhawan Phase VIII,
Mohali
Telephone No:0172-3047130, 3047128
Fax:0172-3047129
Email:punjabschool@yahoo.com
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