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 |
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Tamil Nadu, India |
| Website | dge.tn.gov.in |
The Directorate of Government Examinations was formed as a separate directorate in Feb.1975. Prior to the formation of Directorate Of Government Examinations, the then DPI/DSE was the ex-officio commissioner for Govt. exams and the department was having its office at Madras only. The first secondary school leaving certificate exam was conducted in the year 1911. This directorate started conducting the following major exams from the year noted against each of them, in addition to the various examination.
The Directorate of Government Examinations was formed as a separate directorate in Feb.1975. Prior to the formation of Directorate Of Government Examinations, the then DPI/DSE was the ex-officio commissioner for Govt. exams and the department was having its office at Madras only. The first secondary school leaving certificate exam was conducted in the year 1911. This directorate started conducting the following major exams from the year noted against each of them, in addition to the various examination.
Name of Examination Year commenced
Matriculation-1979 AngloIndian-1979 Hr. Secondary - 1980 Introduction of Uniform Pattern (SSLC) - 2012
This Directorate has 7 Regional offices at Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli , Chennai, Cuddalore and Vellore. Apart from the academic stream examination in academic fields, this department is conducting various vocational stream examinations also as given in the Annexure. At present this department in conducting exams for about 25 lakh students every year, To enable the drop out who could not pursue their school studies due to various reasons, this department is conducting 8th standard public exam purely for private candidates. Likewise, private candidates are also permitted to appear for SSLC and Hr. Sec. School Exams directly either wholly or compartmentally.
1911 Introduction of SSLC Examinations
1972
Computerised Mark Certificates issued from
1975
Formation of Directorate of Government Examinations
1978
Introduction of Matriculation and Anglo-Indian Examinations
1980
Introduction of Higher Secondary Examination
1980
Formation of Regional Deputy Directorate of Government Examinations – Madurai Region.
1980
Formation of Regional Deputy Directorate of Government Examinations – Coimbatore Region.
1982
Formation of Regional Deputy Directorate of Government Examinations – Trichy Region.
1984
Formation of Regional Deputy Directorate of Government Examinations – Chennai Region.
1987
Formation of Regional Deputy Directorate of Government Examinations – Tirunelveli Region.
1989
Implementation of Improvement scheme in Higher Secondary Examination – allowing passed candidates to re-appear again for improving their marks.
1994
Formation of Regional Deputy Directorate of Government Examinations – Cuddalore Region.
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