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The Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act, 1975
The Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act, 1975
Sections
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Establishment and Incorporation of Board.
Section 34. Aims of Board.
Section 45. Powers and Duties of Board.
Section 56. Officers of Board.
Section 67. Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Board.
Section 78. Powers and Duties of Chairman.
Section 89. Appointment, Duties and Powers of Secretary, Joint and Assistant Secretaries.
Section 910. Other Officers and servants of Board.
Section 1011. Authorities of Board.
Section 1112. Board.
Section 1213. Term of Office and allowances of members of the Board.
Section 1314. Disqualifications of Chairman and Members.
Section 1415. Vacancy of Chairman or Member.
Section 1516. Resignation of members.
Section 1617. Removal of Member.
Section 1718. Casual Vacancies.
Section 1819. Acts and proceedings.
Section 1920. Meetings of the Board.
Section 2021. Power to invite experts and officers at meetings.
Section 2122. The Executive Council.
Section 2223. Powers and Duties of Executive Council.
Section 2324. Academic Council.
Section 2425. Powers and Duties of Academic Council.
Section 2526. The Finance Committee.
Section 2627. Powers and Duties of Finance Committee.
Section 2728. Examination Committee.
Section 2829. Powers and Duties of Examination Committee.
Section 2930. Recognition Committee.
Section 3031. Powers and Duties of Recognition Committee.
Section 3132. Board or Boards of Studies.
Section 3233. Power and Duties of Board of Studies.
Section 3334. Other Board authorities and Committees.
Section 3435. Recognition of Schools.
Section 3536. Schools eligible to send candidates for Examination.
Section 3637. Board's Fund, Custody and Investment.
Section 3738. How Board's Fund shall be drawn against.
Section 3839. Annual Accounts and Financial Estimates.
Section 3940. Annual Report.
Section 4041. Conditions of Service.
Section 4142. Election to be by secret ballot.
Section 4243. Acting Chairman of meetings.
Section 4344. Question regarding interpretation, and disputes regarding constitution of Board's authority or body etc.
Section 4445. Protection of acts and orders.
Section 4546. Power of Government to make Rules.
Section 4647. Power to make Regulations.
Section 4748. First Regulations.
Section 4849. Information, returns, etc. to be provided by Board.
Section 4950. Powers of Government to issue direction.
Section 5051. Saving.
Section 5152. Government's interpretation to be final.
Section 52
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"content": "(1) \"appointed date\" means the date on which the remaining provisions of the Act are brought into force under sub-section (3) of section 1;\n(2) \"Board\" means the Board established under the Act;\n(3) \"Chairman of the Board\" means a person appointed as Chairman of the Board constituted under the Act;\n(4) \"Designated area\" means area specified under the rules;\n(5) \"Director of Education\" means the Director of Education, Government of Goa, Daman and Diu;\n(6) \"final examination\" means the secondary school certificate examination or the higher secondary school certificate examination conducted or caused to be conducted by the Board;\n(7) \"Government\" means the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu;\n(8) \"head master\" means the person in-charge of the academic administration of a secondary or a higher secondary school recognised by the Board;\n[(8a) \"higher secondary education\" means such general or combinations of general and technical or vocational or special education which is designed to meet the educational needs of students in classes XI and XII.]\n(9) \"higher secondary school\" means a higher secondary school recognised as such by the Board under clause (1) of section 5;\n(10) \"institution\" means an academic institution imparting secondary or higher secondary education;\n[(11) \"management\" in respect of Government run institution means the Director of Education and in case of other institutions means the trustees or the managing or governing body, by whatever name called, of any Trust or of any Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act 21 of 1860) under whose management one or more schools or institutions are run;]\n(12) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(13) \"primary education\" means education imparted in a primary school recognised by the Government;\n(14) \"regulation\" means the regulation made by the Government under section 48 and by the Board under section 47;\n(15) \"secondary education\" means such general, technical, vocational or special education (including any combined course thereof) which is designed to meet the educational needs of the period of adolescence and which follows, immediately the primary education and precedes immediately the higher secondary education;\n(16) \"secondary school\" means a school recognised as such by the Board under sub- -section (1) of section 5;\n(17) \"teacher\" means a member of the teaching staff other than the head master of a secondary or higher secondary school recognised by the Board;\n[(18) \"State\" means the State of Goa;]\n(19) \"text-book\" in relation to an examination under this Act, means any book recommended or otherwise sanctioned by the Board for use of that examination.\nChapter II\nBoard",
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"content": "(1) to grant and to withdraw recognition to the secondary and higher secondary schools;\n(2) to advise the Government on matters of policy relating to secondary and higher secondary education in general and on the following matters in particular: -\n(a) ensuring a uniform pattern of education;\n(b) maintaining of a uniform standard of education in secondary and higher secondary schools;\n(c) co-ordination between the national policies and the policies of the territory in respect of secondary and higher secondary education;\n(d) co-ordination between primary, secondary, higher secondary and university education.\n(3) to lay down guiding principles regarding curricula and syllabi for the entire secondary and higher secondary courses and to prepare the detailed syllabi for all standards of secondary and higher secondary education;\n(4) to formulate general principles for recommending text-books for sanction by the Board, and to sanction such books subject to such conditions, as it may deem fit to impose;\n(5) to advise the Government in standard requirements in respect of staff, buildings, furniture, equipment, stationery and other amenities required for secondary and higher secondary schools;\n(6) to prescribe and prepare text-books for all standards of secondary and higher secondary education;\n(7) to prescribe conditions for admission of regular and private candidates to the final examinations;\n(8) to demand and receive such fees as may be prescribed, from candidates to be admitted to the final examinations;\n(9) to award certificates to candidates passing the final examinations;\n(10) to institute and award scholarships, stipends, medals, prizes and other rewards and to prescribe conditions therefor;\n(11) to receive bequests, donations, endowments, trusts and other transfers of any property or interest therein, or right thereto;\n(12) to hold any property, interest or right referred to in sub-clause (11) above, and to manage and deal with the same;\n(13) to demand and receive such fees as may be prescribed, from secondary and higher secondary schools recognised by the Board;\n(14) to appoint paper-setters, translators, examiners, moderators, supervisors and other necessary personnel for conducting the final examinations in the territory, for evaluation of candidates' performance and for compiling and release of results;\n(15) to open centers for the final examinations conducted by it;\n(16) to declare the results of the candidates at the final examinations conducted by it;\n(17) to prepare a list of candidates according to merit for the purpose of award of scholarships, stipends, medals, prizes and other awards;\n(18) to lay down procedures to deal with cases of use of unfair means in the examinations and to deal with such cases;\n(19) to generally evaluate the performance of students in all examinations in secondary and higher secondary schools including the final examinations and make, from time to time, necessary recommendations in respect of the same to the Government;\n(20) to lay down the manner in which recognition would be granted to or withdrawn from secondary and higher secondary schools;\n(21) to call for any information from secondary and higher secondary schools and to call for special reports and information from the Director of Education generally and in particular in the matter of withdrawal of recognition in cases of secondary schools and higher secondary schools which show poor academic results or commit grave academic irregularities;\n(22) to require institutions recognised by it and by the Department of Education to extend their co-operation in the conduct of the final examinations;\n(23) to recommend measures to promote physical, moral and social welfare of students in the institutions recognised by the Board and to lay down conditions of their residence and discipline;\n(24) to appoint officers and servants of the Board, other than the Chairman, Secretary, Joint Secretary or Assistant Secretary, in its office and to regulate terms and conditions of their service;\n(25) to constitute provident fund for the benefit of the officers and servants of the Board;\n(26) to prepare the annual financial statement and to recommend to the Government for sanction, the annual budget;\n(27) to conduct statistical and other research for the purpose of evaluation and reform of the curricular instruction and examination system;\n(28) to appoint such Committees as it may think necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions under this Act;\n(29) to consider recommendations made by Committees appointed under this Act;\n(30) to make regulations for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act;\n(31) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed by or under this Act;\n(32) to publish reports, paper, journals, bulletins etc. giving information of the activities of the Board;\n(33) to do all such acts and things 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"content": "(i) Second Class Master's degree of a recognised University; and\n(ii) Teaching or administrative experience of not less than 20 years in the field of education.",
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"content": "(a) The Board;\n(b) The Executive Council;\n(c) The Academic Council;\n(d) The Finance Committee;\n(e) The Examination Committee;\n(f) The Recognition Committee;\n(g) The Board or Boards of Studies; and\n(h) Such other bodies of the Board as may be declared by the regulations of the Board, to be the authorities of the Board.",
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"content": "(a) if he directly or indirectly by himself or his partner has or had any share or interest in any text-book published:\n(b) if he directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner, has any share or interest in any work done by order of, or any contract entered into on behalf of the Board;\n(c) if he is an un-discharged insolvent;\n(d) if he is declared physically disabled by any medical authority as Government may specify;\n(e) if he is adjudged to be of unsound mind by a competent authority;\n(f) if he is acting in any manner detrimental to the aims and objectives of the Board;\n(g) if he is a person against whom an order of removal from office has been made under sub-section (2) of section 17:\nExplanation:\n(i) the publication of text-book includes its republications;\n(ii) a person shall be deemed to have incurred disqualification by reason of his having any share or interest in the business of the publisher of such text-book.",
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"content": "[17A. Removal of Chairman.\n(a) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or\n(b) has been found guilty of any lapse, misconduct, misbehaviour or disgraceful conduct which in the opinion of the Government renders him unfit to be continued as Chairman; or\n(c) has been adjudged as undischarged insolvent; or\n(d) has been declared physically disabled by any medical authority as the Government may specify in this behalf; or\n(e) has been adjudged to be of unsound mind by a competent authority; or\n(f) has been acting in any manner detrimental to the aims and objects of the Board.]",
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"content": "(a) if he thinks fit, may, and\n(b) upon a requisition in writing signed by not less than one-third of the total number of members of the Board shall,",
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"title": "22. The Executive Council.",
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"content": "(i) The Chairman of the Board - Ex-officio Chairman;\n(ii) The Director of Education or his nominee not below the rank of a Deputy Director;\n(iii) Four members to be elected by the Board from amongst the elected members referred to in class B of sub-section (1) of section 12.\n(iv) One member to be elected by the Board from amongst the nominated members referred to in class C of sub-section (1) of section 12;\n(v) One member to be elected by the Board from amongst all its members irrespective of their Class; and\n(vi) One member to be elected by the Board from amongst the Ex-officio members referred to in class A of sub-section (1) of section 12.",
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"content": "(i) to determine the form, provide for the custody and regulate the use of the common seal of the Board;\n(ii) to transfer and accept transfer, hold, control, administer and deal with any property, movable or immovable and funds of the Board and to enter into contract on behalf of the Board provided that no transfer of immovable property shall be made without previous sanction of the Board;\n(iii) to manage and regulate the finances, accounts and investments of the Board;\n(iv) to invest, subject to the provisions of the Act, any money belonging to the Board, including any unapplied income, in any of the securities as may be prescribed or in the purchase of immovable property in India, with the like power varying such investments or to place in fixed or call deposits in any Scheduled Bank, any portion of such money not required for immediate expenditure;\n(v) to accept, receive, hold, control, administer and deal with any fund, bequests, donations, endowments, trusts and other transfers of any property or interest therein or right thereto, placed at the disposal of the Board for specific purposes;\n(vi) to consider the annual, revised or supplementary budget estimates and the annual accounts of income and expenditure of the Board and the recommendations of the Finance Committee of the Board thereon and to submit them to the Board;\n(vii) to recommend the number of Joint Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries to be appointed by the Government under sub-section (10) of section 9;\n(viii) to sanction -\n(a) the number of posts of officers and servants to be employed by the Board under section 10 and to suspend, hold in abeyance or abolish any such posts;\n(b) the payment of special pay and other allowances at such rates and subject to such conditions as it may deem fit in respect of:\n(1) specialised nature of duties or additional duties performed by employees of the Board;\n(2) duties performed on Sundays and holidays by the employees of the Board;\n(3) duties performed by the employees of the Board beyond normal hours;\n(4) any remunerative jobs done by the employees of the Board outside their office hours;\n(ix) subject to the budget provision sanctioned under section 39 to sanction the purchase or hire of stores, paper, forms, stationery, furniture or other equipment required for the Boards office, after calling for tender and to scrutinise them when received or enter into a contract for the purposes of the Act:\n(x) to enter into, vary, carry out and cancel on behalf of the Board a contract for the provision of the buildings and supply of materials for proper discharge of duties assigned to it by the Act and the Rules;\n(xi) to write-off irrecoverable sums due in respect of stores, priced publications, statements of mark and unserviceable articles of dead-stock, if the amount of the dues in each case exceeds Rs. 100/- but does not exceed Rs. 1000/-;\n(xii) generally to advise the Chairman of the Board on any matter connected with the work of the Board which it deems fit or which the Chairman may refer to it;\n(xiii) to report to the Board upon any matter concerning which its view may be invited by Board or in respect of which it considers that it should tender advice to the Board;\n(xiv) to make recommendations to the Board concerning the framing or amending the rules and regulations of the Board after considering the recommendations, if any, from the Committees of the Board;\n(xv) to institute and make provision for the grant of scholarships, medals, prizes and other rewards and to prescribe the conditions therefor;\n(xvi) to accept, reject or refer back any proposal, recommendation or report from the Academic Council, Finance Committee, Examination Committee, Recognition Committee, or other Committees of the Board;\n(xvii) to recommend to the Board, for approval, rates of travelling allowance and remuneration to Paper-Setters, Moderators, Examiners, Translators and other personnel after taking into consideration recommendations of the Committee of the Board, if any;\n(xviii) to lay down the procedure and specify the penalties to be imposed in dealing with cases of use of unfair means by persons seeking admission to or appearing at the Examinations conducted under the authority of the Board;\n(xix) to authorise such advance as it may from time to time consider necessary, to remain in the hands of the Secretary, to meet legitimate petty expenditure;\n(xx) direct inspection of the secondary schools and higher secondary schools and other recognized institutions in order to assess the academic performance and needs, issue instructions where necessary, for maintaining efficiency and ensuring adequate amenities for students and proper terms and conditions of employment of the teachers and other employees;\n(xxi) recommend to the Government the withholding of grants of secondary schools and higher secondary schools and institutions which do not comply with the instructions issued from 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"content": "(i) The Chairman of the Board- Ex-Officio Chairman;\n(ii) Two members to be elected by the Board from amongst the ex-officio members, referred to in Class A of sub-section (1) of section 12;\n(iii) Five members to be elected by the Board from amongst the elected members referred to in Class B of sub-section (l) of section 12;\n(iv) One member to be elected from the nominated members referred to in Class C of sub-section (1) of section 12;\n(v) Convenors of the Board of Studies.",
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"content": "(i) to formulate guiding principles for determining curricula and syllabi for the entire secondary and higher secondary education;\n(ii) to consider and submit its recommendations to the Executive Council on the detailed syllabi for all standards except the final standard, after taking into consideration the recommendations of the respective Boards of studies thereon;\n(iii) to consider and submit its recommendations to the Executive Council on the curricula and detailed syllabi prepared by the Boards of Studies for the final examinations;\n(iv) to formulate general principles for preparing text-books;\n(v) to prepare or recommend for prescription to the Executive Council text-books for the standard leading to the final examinations, after taking into consideration the recommendations of the respective Boards of Studies thereon;\n(vi) to recommend to the Executive Council standard requirements in respect of staff, building, furniture, equipment, stationery and other things required for secondary and higher secondary schools;\n(vii) to recommend to the Board measures to promote physical, moral and social welfare of students in institutions recognized by the Board and the conditions of their residence and discipline;\n(viii) to consider and submit its recommendations to the Executive Council on the following matters pertaining to the [examinations] after receipt of the recommendations of the Boards of Studies:-\n(a) the total number of compulsory and optional subjects;\n(b) proposals for introduction of new subjects and exclusion of existing subjects;\n(c) the formation of groups of subjects and the alteration of such groups;\n(d) the number of question papers to be set in each subject;\n(e) the maximum and minimum marks, time, duration and standard length for written, oral or practical tests in different subjects or groups of subjects;\n(ix) to conduct statistical or other research for the purposes of evaluation and reform of curricula, instruction and examination system;\n(x) to co-ordinate the work of the Boards of Studies and to scrutinize the recommendations in regard to various matters with which each Board of Studies is concerned.",
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"content": "(i) The Chairman of the Board- Ex-officio Chairman;\n(ii) Director of Accounts or his nominee not below the rank of a Deputy Director of Accounts;\n(iii) Two members to be elected by the Board from amongst the elected members referred to in Class B of sub-section (1) of section 12;\n(iv) Two members to be elected by the Board from amongst the nominated members referred to in Class C of sub-section (1) of section 12.",
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"content": "(i) to prepare and submit to the Executive Council with its recommendations the annual, revised or supplementary budget estimates of the annual accounts of income and expenditure of the Board;\n(ii) to make recommendations to the Executive Council on all matters relating to the finance of the Board;\n(iii) to examine every proposal of new expenditure and to advise the Executive Council thereon;\n(iv) to review and report periodically to the Executive Council on the financial position of the Board;\n(v) generally to devise means for effecting economy, without impairing efficiency;\n(vi) to consider proposals for fixation of pay scales for new posts and revision of pay scales and advise the Executive Council thereon.",
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"content": "(i) The Chairman of the Board- Ex-officio Chairman;\n(ii) One member to be elected by the Board from amongst the ex-officio members referred to in Class A of sub-section (1) of section 12;\n(iii) Four members to be elected by the Board from amongst the elected members referred to in class B of sub-section (1) of section 12;\n(iv) One member to be elected by the Board from amongst the nominated members referred to in Class C of sub-section (1) of Section 12;\n(v) One member to be elected by the Board from amongst all the members of the Board irrespective of their Class.",
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"content": "(i) to consider and forward its observation to the Academic Council on any proposal to amend the schemes of the final Examination as set out from time to time;\n(ii) to recommend to the Executive Council, the rates of travelling allowance, remuneration or honoraria for various items of work connected with the final examinations;\n(iii) to recommend to the Executive Council qualifications and disqualifications of and rates of remuneration payable to Paper-setters, Translators, Moderators, Examiners etc.;\n(iv) to recommend to the Executive Council, general principles to be followed by the Board, in regard to the preparation of panels and appointment of Paper-Setters, Moderators, Translators, Examiners etc.;\n(v) to generally review the results (after they are declared) of the final examinations and submit its observations to the Academic Council;\n(vi) to recommend to the Executive Council suitable forms of certificates and provisional certificates to be issued to successful candidates and statement or memorandum or marks to all candidates in respect of the final examinations.",
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"number": "36",
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"number": "45",
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"content": "(i) manner of preparation of Budget estimates of the annual income and expenditure of the Board;\n(ii) the subjects and the curricula for the final examinations;\n(iii) the admission of candidates to the final examination and conditions governing such admissions;\n(iv) the marks required for passing in any subject and the examination conducted by it as a whole and for exemption, credit and distinction in any subject;\n(v) the fees for admission to the final examinations and other fees and charges payable in respect of other matters connected with those examinations;\n(vi) the arrangements for the conduct of final examination and publications of results;\n(vii) the appointment of paper-setters, translators, examiners, moderators, super-visors and other necessary personnel, their powers and duties in relation to the final examinations, their remuneration, and their qualifications;\n(viii) the award of certificates;\n(ix) the appointment of officers and servants of the Board in its office and the conditions of their service;\n(x) the constitution of the provident fund for the benefit of the officers and servants of the Board;\n(xi) the control, administration and safe custody and management in all respect of the finances of the Board;\n(xii) the date before which and the manner in which the Board shall prepare its budget estimates;\n(xiii) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act.",
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"number": "49",
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"content": "(b) The Board shall report to the Government such action, if any, as it proposes to take or has taken upon the communications and shall furnish an explanation if it fails to take action;\n(c) If the Board does not, within a reasonable time, take action to the satisfaction of the Government, the Government may, consider explanation, furnished if any, or representation made by the Board and issue such directions consistent with this Act as it may think fit, and the Board shall comply with such directions.",
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"Short Title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act, 1975",
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