The website upsosb.ac.in is real and belongs to the Uttar Pradesh State Open School Board (UPSOSB). However, in 2018, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) busted a fake education board with a similar name and found three websites to be fake, including upsosb.ac.in. The fake board was allegedly run from Faridinagar in Lucknow and had opened study centers in several states.

The UPSOSB is an autonomous board that provides education to all, especially to school girls, rural youth, working men and women, and people who were unable to continue their education through the formal system. The UPSOSB was established in 2008 by the state government of Uttar Pradesh to bridge the gap between the government and rural and backward classes