SPBEA is an intergovernmental, regional organization set up in 1980 to assist the region and member countries to develop assessment procedures towards national / or regional certificates. The Board administers two regional senior secondary school qualifications, the Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate (PSSC) and the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate (SPFSC), beginning in 1989 and 2004 respectively. These two qualifications replaced New Zealand based qualifications.

The Digital Group has been engaged by SPBEA as a strategic IT vendor to modernize SPBEA services as a part of its IT initiatives.