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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.

International exam boards

International Baccalaureate (IB)
Cambridge International Education International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)
Edexcel

Pan-regional exam boards

The Caribbean Examinations Council administers various examinations across the Anglophone Caribbean
The West African Examinations Council administers the WASSCE

National exam boards by country

Australia

Examinations in Australia are set by individual state authorities:

In Victoria, examinations are set by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
In South Australia, examinations are set by the SACE Board of SA, which also administers the South Australian Matriculation in certain schools in Malaysia and China.
In New South Wales, examinations are set by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority.

Bangladesh

Nine education boards organize four national levels of examinations under the control of Ministry of Education:

PEC (class 5)
JSC (class 8)
SSC (secondary)
HSC (higher secondary)

There are two more alternative education boards in Bangladesh, namely the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and the Bangladesh Technical Education Board.

Students are admitted to colleges based on the results of the SSC. After the HSC, students are admitted into universities by qualifying in admission tests.

The British Council Bangladesh offers International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exams, and other international exams.

Cameroon

The Cameroon GCE Board administers GCE O and A Level examinations.

China

The National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA; Chinese: 教育部教育考试院) under the Ministry of Education is mainly responsible for major education examinations, including overseas examination and gaokao in Mainland China.

The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority is responsible for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examination.

India

In India, the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) is an association of all the national, regional and international education boards, under the Ministry of Education.

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.

Malaysia

Examinations in Malaysia are set by Examination Syndicate (Lembaga Peperiksaan Malaysia) under the supervision of Malaysia's Ministry of Education.

The Examination Syndicate provide Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations locally for all the states in Malaysia. The SPM certificate is taken by all Malaysian students at the age of 17 and in Form 5 except those are studying in some international schools. The SPM certificate is equivalent to a Cambridge O-Level certificate.

The Malaysian Examination Council (MPM) is providing Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) examination to all Form 6 students in Malaysia. The STPM certificate is equivalent to a Cambridge A-Level certificate.

The Malaysian Examination Council (MPM) also providing Malaysian English University Test (MUET) for all the Malaysian students to maintain the students' English proficiency level. All Malaysian students must take MUET examination and their achievement level is one of the main criteria for them to pursue their studies in any degree program under government and private universities in Malaysia.

Philippines

The Professional Regulation Commission sets exams in the Philippines.

Poland

There is one state run central system of examination boards in Poland called "Centralna Komisja Egzaminacyjna" ("") established within the new legislation on education issued by Polish parliament in 1998. The central board has eight regional branches called "Okręgowa Komisja Egzaminacyjna" (OKE) – "". 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, Gymnasiumss 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.

Singapore

Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board, which is a statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore.

United Kingdom

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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

AQA (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
CCEA (Northern Ireland only)
Pearson Education (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Cambridge OCR (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
WJEC (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Cambridge International Education (international only – not a regulated awarding organisation in the UK)

Scotland

Qualifications Scotland administer Advanced Higher, Higher and National qualifications in Scotland

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.

College Board – administers the SAT Reasoning Test, SAT Subject Tests, PSAT/NMSQT, Advanced Placement exams, and College Level Examination Program, developed by the Educational Testing Service
ACT, Inc – administers the American College Test
Educational Testing Service – administers the Graduate Record Examination and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
Law School Admission Council – administers the Law School Admission Test
Association of American Medical Colleges – administers the Medical College Admission Test
National Association of State Boards of Accountancy – administers the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination, developed and maintained by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Zambia

The Examinations Council of Zambia sets and conduct examinations.

Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council administers the ZIMSEC GCE Ordinary Level and ZIMSEC GCE Advanced Level examinations.