Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education

Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) is the main board of school education in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. It is based in Jammu & Srinagar and is an autonomous body under the administration of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. The board gives affiliation to more than 10200 schools across the U.T of Jammu & Kashmir and U.T of Ladakh and employs 22856 teachers. The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education was established on 24 March 1965 under the name of “Jammu & Kashmir Board of Secondary Education” under the Act No. II of 1965, which received the assent of the then “ Sadr-i-Riyasat Dr. Karan Singh. Prof. T.M Advani was first Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Board of Secondary Education from 1965 to 1967. At that time i.e from 1965 to 1975, Vice- Chancellor of University of Jammu & Kashmir was also Chairman of JKBOSE. In 1975, through a legislation under the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education Act, 1975 Jammu & Kashmir Board of Secondary Education renamed as Jammu & Kashmir State Board of School Education with Agha Ashraf Ali as its first independent chairman.