In India, most states provide schooling through 12th grade. Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, however have a system of junior colleges where, after taking the 10th grade board exams (SSC), students have to apply to junior colleges to complete their 11th and 12th grades. Junior colleges are also referred to as Pre-University Colleges (PUC). Junior colleges are frequently co-located with degree colleges.

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education is a statutory and autonomous body established under the "Maharashtra Secondary Boards Act" 1965 which conducts SSC and HSC exams.
The Board conducts examination twice a year and the number of students appearing for the main examination is around 1,400,000 for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC).

For XI, the exams are conducted by the junior college itself along with the practical exams. Portion for these exams are also decided by the college which means different junior college will have a different set of paper along with different set of portion. But for XII or HSC, the case is not the same as the portion, textbooks, exam conduction, paper setting is done by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.

The pattern of HSC exam is as follows:

1. This is a subjective exam which consists of MCQs, Short answer questions, Long answer questions and Very long answer questions ranging from 1 mark to 5 marks for each question.
2. There are options available out of which a student can choose to attempt.
3. There is no negative marking in this exam for any wrong answer.
4. Log calculations carry marks for numerical type of questions.

How PPT helps students to prepare for BOARD Exam

1. Our lecture starts with theory of a chapter which involves detail explanation of concepts, deriving expressions and formulas, practicing numericals.
2. Our notes cover important points from Maharashtra Government Sanctioned Textbook and NCERT book which help students to learn the derivation and concept in detail and prepare for BOARD Exam.
3. Our test conducted every week is made according to the pattern set by boards so that the students get enough practice for writing subjective exam.
4. Papers are corrected by the experts who have experience in the marking system used by Boards while correcting the paper.