Uttar Pradesh State Board of High School and Intermediate Education

The Uttar Pradesh State Board of High School and Intermediate Education is the Uttar Pradesh state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination headquartered in Prayagraj, India. The examination for the 10th and 12th standard is called the High school examination and Intermediate examination respectively.
The High school and Intermediate examinations are conducted annually and simultaneously all over the state of Uttar Pradesh.
The Board holds the examinations and prepares the results of nearly 70,00,000 students.
Classes are mainly starts from 9th standard in UP Board

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History

The Board was set up in 1921 at Prayagraj by an act of United Provinces Legislative Council. It conducted its first examination in 1923. This Board is one in India which, from the very start, had adopted 10+2 system of examination. The first public examination after 10 years education is High School Examination and after the 10+2 stage, there is Intermediate Examination. Prior to 1923, University of Prayagraj was the examining body of these two examinations.