The Council of Higher Secondary Education is an autonomous institution working under the control of School and Mass Education Department, Govt. Of Odisha. It deals with preparation of syllabus, conducting examination, publication of results of +2 students and related works like affiliation, etc. The Council was established in accordance with the Odisha Higher Secondary Education Act 1982 to regulate, control and develop Higher Secondary Education in the State of Odisha. The administrative function of the Council commenced from 7th September 1982 in a rented building at Budheswari Colony, Bhubaneswar. Now the Council is running in its own administrative building over Plot No. C/2, Samantapur, Bhubaneswar where it has been functioning since 2nd January 1996. The campus has been named as ”PRAJNAPITHA”.
The Chairman is the Executive Head of the Council and the Secretary is the Head of the Office. There are altogether 25 Sections, 22 in the Main Office and 03 in Zonal offices of the Council. The Functions of the Sections of the Main Office are broadly classified under these categories : Administrative, Academic, Finance & Examination. While the Administrative wing functions under the Control of Administrative Officer, the Academic wing works under Deputy Secretary of the Main Office, the Examination wing works under Controller of Examinations & the Finance wing works under Finance Officer. All the Officers like Chairman, Secretary, Controller of Examinations, Finance Officer, Administrative Officer, Deputy Secretary, Deputy Controller of Examinations, Accounts Officer, Assistant Controller of Examination are on deputation from different cadres of service like Indian Administrative Service, Odisha Administrative Service, Odisha Finance Service and Odisha Education Service.