The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education is corporate statutory body constituted by an Act “The Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act, 1975” (Act No. 13 of 1975) [27th May, 1975] of the state legislature.
The aims of the Board shall be to provide secondary and higher secondary education and, for this purpose grant recognition to the required number of such schools in the territory; to pay special attention to the improvement of the secondary and higher secondary education so that it meets the required needs and standards of economic and social development; to provide adequate facilities for educational and professional advancement of socially and educationally backward communities; to take such steps and such measures as may lead to intellectual, academic, physical and cultural development of the youth.