The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha is a Body Corporate constituted under the Odisha Secondary Education Act, 1953. It directs, controls and developes Secondary Education in the State of Odisha.

The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha has discharged the online application form for the State Open School Certificate Exam 2017. Applicants who had connected for the State Institute of Open School and selected in the same by taking affirmation in the first Phase confirmation of understudies for the year 2016-17 are qualified to apply for the examination. The Application frames are accessible on the official site. Schools can fill the online application frames from Feb. 13 till Feb. 27.

Hopefuls who had taken confirmation in the Open school for the first cluster of 2016-17 are to fill the structures as Fresh Candidates. Additionally, in the event of competitors who have just showed up in State Open School Certificate Examination in the past and have secured a review "F", "ABS" and "MP" or have not cleared five subjects can fill the form under "Back" classification.

The forms are accessible just in online mode and would be accessible on official website of BSE from 8:00 am on Feb. 13 till 11:45 pm on Feb. 27, 2017. Both online as well as offline expense mode are accessible. Additionally, the online application form would be accessible 24X7 amid the above time window and schools can fill the shape at their coveted circumstances.

Note that the form or applicant enrollment must be finished by the schools. School authorities would be required to enter the school code and secret key. The office for enrolling both crisp and back applicants is given on the connection. In the wake of filling the online enlistment, schools can make the online installment.

Following 12 hours of the installment affirmation, schools would have the capacity to download the Descriptive Roll Sheet. A duplicate of the D.R is to be submitted to the concerned zonal officer by March 2, 2017.