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Mizoram is a very small state in the north-eastern region of India sandwitched between Myanmar on the east and Bangladesh on the west and flanked by the contiguous state of Tripura on the north-west, Assam on the north and Manipur on the north-east. The total area of Mizoram is 21,087 sq.krn. The state's population according to 2001 census is 8,91,058 and the density of population is 42 persons per sq.km. The population is predominantly tribal, the tribal population being as high as 95 percent of the total population. Mizoram is divided into 8 administrative districts. The literacy percentage of Mizoram stands at 82.27, the second highest in the nation among the States and the Union Territories.
The Mizoram Board of School Education is an autonomous body with delegated powers to regulate, supervise and control school education in Mizoram. It is the state Education Board which substantially contributes towards upgrading educational standards and introducing innovations in the field of school education i.e. Class I to XII. That Mizoram has its own education Board was indeed a milestone in the educational history of Mizoram.
History of MBSE:
During the tenure of the first popular ministry of the Union Territory ofMizoram headed by Pu Ch. Chhunga, an Act, to provide for the establishment of a Board, namely the Mizoram Board of School Education Act 1975, (The Mizoram Act No 2 of1976) was passed by the Mizoram Legislative Assembly and was notified by Govt. ofMizoram vide No.LJD.18/75/70 dated 27 March 1976. Again by Notification No.ESS/MBSE/151771142 dt. 141h Dee, 1977, the Administrator empowered the MBSE to exercise powers over the schools in Mizoram. Accordingly the office of the Mizoram Board of School Education started functioning with effect from the 2nd December 1976.
Jurisdiction:
The jurisdiction of Mizoram Board of School Education is limited within the state boundary of Mizoram. However, management and control of elementary education of Primary School and Middle Schools in the autonomous District Councils in Mizoram i.e. Mara Autonomous District Council, Lai Autonomous District Council and Chakma Autonomous District Councils are in the hands of the concerned District Councils respectively.
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