Short title, extent and commencement

This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education board Act, 1975. It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. iii) “Director” means the Director of Education, Government of Goa, Daman and Diu. iv) “Education Officer” means an officer of Government of Goa, Daman and Diu and entrusted with the responsibility of inspecting a Secondary or Higher Secondary School; (iv a) “Fund” means the General Provident Fund governed by the General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960; (iv b) “Permanent employee” means an employee confirmed in a permanent post on which no other employee of the board has a lien. (iv c) “Salary includes pay, special pay, leave salary and subsistence grant of the employee of the Board]. v) “School Year” means the academic year commencing from June every year; vi) “A Secondary School” means a school recognized as such by the board which provides a course in general education leading to the Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.) Examination; vii) “Higher Secondary school” means a Higher Secondary School recognized as such by the Board providing a course in general education leading to Higher Secondary School Certificate (H.S.S.C.) Examination; viii) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Goa, Daman and Diu Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. (vii a) Words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act. A candidate attending the final standard of a Secondary or a Higher Secondary School shall be eligible to appear for the Secondary School Certificate Examination or Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination as the case may be on fulfilling the following conditions : 1) (a) In the case of the March Examination he should have attended the final standard of one or more Secondary or Higher Secondary Schools for not less than 75 per cent of the working days, during the period from the opening day of the academic year to the 15th of February next following and for the October S. S. C. Examination, he should have attended the final standard of one or more Secondary Schools for not less than 75 per cent of the working days during the period from the 1st day of October of the preceding year to the 15th of September next following : Provided that – i) The said 75 per cent attendance is kept by the candidate separately during the parts of the academic year, both before and after his form of application for admission to the Examination is forwarded by the head of the Secondary or Higher Secondary School concerned; ii) A candidate who will have filled in the required minimum attendance of 75 per cent of the total working days during the period of the academic year preceding the date of forwarding the application for admission to the Examination but who did not submit his application for admission to the examination or whose application was withdrawn under Rule 22(7) for the Examination to be held at the end of that academic year, shall complete the minimum attendance prescribed under this clause, either. A – During the remaining part of the same academic year, or B – During the first term of the next academic year, if he intends to appear for the Examination in the following October. C – During the second term of the next academic year, if he intends to appear at the Examination in the following March. (b) The Chairman, may for special reasons, on the recommendation of the head of the Secondary School, condone a deficiency in the percentage of attendance prescribed under clause (a) above. (c) The head of the Secondary School concerned shall withdraw under Rule 22 (7) on or before the date prescribed therein forms of applications forwarded to the board’s office, in respect of those candidates who do not fulfill the conditions laid down under clause (i) of the provision to clause, (a) above unless the deficiency in attendance condoned by the Chairman in cases referred to him by the head of the Secondary School on or before 20th February , or 20th September, as the case may be with a statement of attendance of each such candidate in the form prescribed by the Board. 2) The head of the Secondary School has certified that : (a) He has kept the prescribed attendance as laid down under clause (1)(a) above; (b) To the best of his knowledge, the candidate is a fit person as regards character for admission to the Examination. Where in the opinion of the head of the Secondary School, the character of any candidate is not good, such head shall nevertheless forward the application of the candidate to the Board after endorsing thereon the reasons for forming such opinion, with the instances (if any) in support thereof. All such applications shall be considered by the Executive Council which, shall on merits of each case, decide whether the candidate be permitted to appear at the Examination or not, and the decision of that Executive Council shall be final. 3) Every candidate attending the final standard of Secondary or a Higher Secondary School as the case may be if he makes a proper application to the Board for appearing at the Examination, if he satisfies the conditions laid down in this Rule regarding attendance and carrying out practical work (if any) and if the head of the Secondary School certifies that he is a fit person as regards character for admission to the examination or where such certificate is not given, the executive council decides that the candidate be permitted to and to appear at the examination, then such candidate shall have a right to be admitted to and to appear at the examination. Where a proper application is made by the candidate to the Board for appearing at the examination, and the conditions regarding attendance and carrying out practical work (if any) are satisfied, the application shall not be withheld by the Head of the Secondary School on any other ground. 4) Every candidate (whether private or regular) shall abide by the instruction which the Board may, from time to time, issue through the heads of Secondary Schools, regarding submission of application forms, admission to the Examination hall and discipline during the course of the examination. Any breach of such instructions will render a candidate liable for action under Rule. (16) He/She shall do the proofreading of the proof vis-à-vis original manuscript according to the detailed instructions given by the Secretary. He/She shall be responsible for errorless proper reading of the question papers. He/She shall be responsible for any lapses /omissions occurring during proofreading. (17) He/She shall maintain absolute secrecy regarding all matters connected with the paper setting and shall take meticulous care to observe the instructions and any other procedures laid down by the Board from time to time. (18) The copyright of the question paper/s set for secondary and higher secondary examinations conducted by the Board shall rest in it: Provided that the permission to include question to include question paper set foe secondary and higher secondary examination conducted by this Board ,in a publication devoted to the subject of question paper/s may be granted to concerned author or publisher on such condition as the Board may lay down from time to time. (1) Each paper setter appointed for setting a question paper in a subject shall be jointly responsible along with the CPSP for setting a question paper, preparation of model answers, criteria for evaluation and making scheme as per approved pattern given by the Board. The question paper and the model answers shall be drawn up in languages approved by the Board. (2) Before proceeding to set a question-paper, the CPSP and the paper-setter shall carefully go through the following- (a) The scope and limitations of the syllabus and the textbook prescribed. (b) The approved pattern/design of the question paper by the Board (c) Topic-wise and objective –wise allotment of marks as approved by the Board. (d) Observation made by the board of studies on question-paper/s of previous examination/s (e) Such other special instructions/circulars as may be given by the Board’s office from time to time. (3) The paper-setter shall prepare the design and blueprint of the paper to be set without any alteration in the approved pattern of the question –paper. (4) The paper – setter shall get the design, and blueprint approved from the Chairman of the panel and shall proceed to set the question paper accordingly. (5) The paper –setter shall submit to the chairman of the panel every completed question for moderation and shall effect necessary changes as directed by the CPSP. (6) On completion of the full question-paper, the paper setter shall submit the same again to the chairman for moderation and shall carry out the changes as instructed by the CPSP. (7) After a full question paper is set and moderated by the chairman, the paper-setter shall prepare its model answers, criteria for assessment and making scheme. (8) The paper setter shall extend full co-operation to the translator and may, if need be, recast any of the question set and shall do so in consultation with the CPSP. Changes in the model answers/making scheme shall be effected accordingly. (9) After completion of the translation, if any, the paper-setter shall prepare 3 fair copies of the question paper, fair copies of model answers, making scheme and question –wise analysis of the question paper and submit the same to the CPSP. (10) He/She shall maintain absolute secrecy regarding all matters connected with the paper setting and shall take meticulous care to observe the instructions and any other procedures laid down by the Board from time to time. (11) On the completion of the work the paper-setter shall submit the certificate to the extent that the work of setting the question paper has been done in accordance with the norms laid down by the board in specified form duly countersigned by the CPSP.