The Bihar School Examination Board is a statutory body under section 3 of the Bihar School Examination Act - 1952 which is functioning under the Government of Bihar and is devised to conduct examinations at secondary and senior secondary standards in both government and private schools belonging to the state of Bihar on the basis of syllabus as prescribed by the Government of Bihar.[3] It is headquartered in the capital of the state, Patna. Along with school examinations, it also conducts departmental examinations such as Diploma in Physical Education, Certificate in Physical Education and Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) for Bihar state, Simultaltala Residential Entrance Examinations, Examination for Diploma in Elementary Education etc.