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An examination board (or exam board) is an organization that sets examinations, is responsible for marking them, and distributes the results. Some are run by governmental entities; some are run as not-for-profit organizations.

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List of national examination boards

Malaysia

Australia

Hong Kong

Philippines

Poland

There is one state run central system of examination boards in Poland called "Centralna Komisja Egzaminacyjna" ("Central Examination Board") established within the new legislation on education issued by Polish parliament in 1998. [2] The central board has eight regional branches called "Okręgowa Komisja Egzaminacyjna" (OKE) - "Regional Examination Board". All primary and secondary schools and other education institutions in a region are served by the regional OKE. Universities are not part of that system. It is allowed by law to sit an exam in other regional board than the home one, but practically it does not happen.

Each OKE is responsible for the content and administration of the entrance tests to primary schools, Gymnasiums and secondary schools in accordance to the Ministry of Education annual guidelines. Final secondary school examination called Matura (analogous to A Levels) is prepared each year by the Ministry of Education and administered by regional examiners, who are recruited, trained and paid by regional OKE boards. Each regional OKE has an authority to issue an official certificate of an examination.

NrOKE Voivodeship
1.OKE Gdańsk pomorskie
kujawsko-pomorskie
2.OKE Jaworzno śląskie
3.OKE Kraków małopolskie
podkarpackie
lubelskie
4.OKE Łomża podlaskie
warmińsko-mazurskie
5.OKE Łódź łódzkie
świętokrzyskie
6.OKE Poznań wielkopolskie
zachodniopomorskie
lubuskie
7.OKE Warszawa mazowieckie
8.OKE Wrocław dolnośląskie
opolskie
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United Kingdom

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

The members of this list all provide A-Level and GCSE qualifications:

Traditionally, schools were restricted to one of a large number of regional examination boards, but now they can use any (though few outside Northern Ireland choose to use the Belfast-based CCEA). Furthermore, a number of boards have merged making a much lower number overall.

Scotland

Singapore

United States

Primary and secondary school tests are generally administered by the state boards of education - or in the case of private schools, private organizations whose affiliations align with those of the school. Tertiary school entrance qualifications and vocational qualifications are provided by other organizations.

Caribbean

Africa

West Africa

Anglophone countries in West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia
Cameroon
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Bangladesh

India

In India various state,national and international public & private examination authority or board conducts secondary and higher secondary examination called as Board examination in India which are held during the period from February to May every year .The following examination conducts the exam are


Ireland

In Ireland, exams are run through one main examination board called the State Examinations Commission (SEC). This exam board provides examinations for secondary school level students, including Junior Certificate/Junior Cycle for students aged 14-16 and Leaving Certificate/Leaving Cert Applied (LCA) examinations for students aged 17-19.

Examinations from the SEC are available in both the Irish and English languages.

The Irish SEC Leaving Certificate is also examined at The International School of the Martyrs (ISM) in Tripoli, Libya. The examination in Libya is available to students in Arabic.

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References

  1. ↑ "Key mInformation". SACE Board of SA. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "About us". Central Examination Board official web site (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
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