The Executive Council

The Executive Council shall be Executive authority of the Board and shall consist of the following:

The Chairman of the Board – Ex-officio Chairman;

The Director of Education or his nominee not below the rank of Deputy Director;

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.

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;

One member to be elected by the Board from amongst all its members irrespective of their Class; and

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.

The term of office of the elected members shall be two years.

If a member elected to the Executive Council remains absent without the permission of the Council for three consecutive meetings thereof, his office shall be deemed to have been vacated.

No person other than those specified in clause (i) and (ii) of sub-section (1) shall be a member of the Executive Council, or continue to be such member, for more than two consecutive terms. All application for the permission to appear at the examination to be held in March shall be forwarded, in the form prescribed by the board to the Secretary or any other person authorized by the board for the purpose through the Head of a Secondary School to reach the board’s office on or before such date as may be fixed by the Board for the receipt of applications and communicated to Secondary Schools before the 1st of December of the previous year. All applications for permission to appear at the Examination to be held in October shall be forwarded in the form prescribed by the board to the Secretary or any other person authorized by the Board for the purpose through the Head of a Secondary School to reach the Board’s office on before such date as may be fixed by the Board for the receipt of applications and communicate to the Secondary Schools before the 31st: Provided that a fee of Rs. 6/- to be shared equally by the Board and the Secondary school concerned, shall be charged by the Board for each late application received in the Board’s office not later than 10 days after the last dates prescribed for receipt of application under clauses 1) and 2) above: Provided further that it shall be competent for the Chairman to accept a late application, without any late fee even after the dates prescribed in clauses 1) and 2) above, if in any case, he is satisfied that the application was in fact submitted by the candidate to the Secondary School concerned in time, duly completed in all respects but on account of failure on the part of the Secondary School authorities, the same could not reach the Board’s office before the last date prescribed in clauses 1) and 2) above. No application, which has not been so submitted or is not complete in every respect, shall be accepted. The Head of a Secondary School may refuse to forward to the Board any such application which is not complete in every respect. It shall be competent for the Head of a Secondary School to treat any application not received by him at least one week before the last date fixed by the Board for receipt of applications (without late fee), as a late application and forward the same to the Board along with the late fee prescribed above, by the due date fixed for the receipt of late applications. The discretion to forward or withhold any late application submitted any time during the period of ten days prescribed under the first provision to clause 2) above for the receipt of late applications, shall rest with the Head of the Secondary School concerned. The Head of the Secondary school concerned shall submit with the applications a statement in the form prescribed by the Board giving such information in respect of each candidate as may be required by the Board. The Head of the secondary school shall also attach a certificate to each of the applications certifying the grade (A+, A, B+, B, +, C+, C) obtained by the candidate in the two school certificate subjects offered by him. The Head of the school shall also forward the cumulative record (maintained in a form prescribed by the Board) of unit tests, terminal examinations, practicals etc. n respect of each candidate. The Head of the Secondary School shall certify that the particulars given in the consolidated statement and the abridge lists tally with the school records. All applications for permission to withdraw forms of applications for admission to the Examination forwarded under clauses 1) and 2) above shall be submitted by the Head of the Secondary School concerned so as to reach the Board’s office on or before the 25th February in the case of the March Examination and on or before the 25th of September in the case of the October Examination. Provided that it shall be competent for the Chairman to allow withdrawals of applications even after the last dates mentioned under clause 7) above, in special cases, on the merits of each case, but no refund of Examination fees already paid by the candidates in such cases, shall be held admissible if a seat number has already been assigned to the candidate concerned by the Board’s office. A candidate on genuine request through the head of the institution in case of regular candidates and directly in case of private candidates may be permitted to withdraw the application for examination twenty days prior to the commencement of practical/oral/theory examination whichever is earlier. Provided it shall be competent for the Chairman of the Board to allow withdrawals of applications even after the time limit mentioned above, in special case, on the merit of each case before the generation of seat numbers without refund of examination fees. The application of any regular student may be withdrawn by the head of the institution prior to the commencement of practical/oral/theory examination, whichever is earlier, if it is established that: (a) the student could not complete the required days of attendance specified under rule 15. (b) the student is involved in any activities controversial to the code of conduct for students. The application of the candidate may be withdrawn on medical ground supported with medical certificate from registered medical Practitioner.