Other Board authorities and Committees

(1) The Executive Council may, by regulation, constitute and define the functions of such other Committees or authorities as, it may, from time to time, think necessary, for the purposes of carrying out the work of the Board. (2) The powers and duties of such authorities and Committees and the procedure to be followed at their meetings, shall be indicated in the respective regulations. A candidate securing not less than 35 percent of the maximum marks assigned to a subject may be exempted from reappearing in that subject at subsequent examinations, if he claims such exemption (duly verified and endorsed by the head of the Secondary school through which he appears) in his application for admission to the Examination. (1) A person to be appointed as a paper –setter in a subject foe S.S.C. Examination shall fulfill the following conditions: He/She should have offered that subject for the degree examination. He/She should have atleast 10 years experience of teaching the subject for which question paper shall be set, to the top classes viz. VIII, IX and or X of a secondary School or recognized Training Institution for primary or secondary teachers. He/She should have experience as an Examiner for at least 5 times at Secondary School Certificate Examination held by any Examining body during the preceding 10 years. He/She shall be a person who is in touch with the teaching of the subject to the top classes (VIII, IX and/or X) in a secondary school or recognized Training Institution for more than 3 preceding years. (2) A person to be appointed as Chairman of the Panel of Paper-Setters (CPSP) in a subject for SSC examination, shall in addition to a), b), c) and d) in 1) above, have an experience of setting a question paper in the subject at least thrice during the preceding 10 years. (3) A person to be appointed as a Translator in a subject for S.S.C. examination shall have the qualification and experience as specified for a paper-setter. He/she shall be well versed in both the languages concerned with the translation. (4) A person to be appointed as a paper-setter in a subject for HSSC examination shall fulfill the following conditions- He/She should have offered that subject for the degree examination. He/She should have Master’s Degree in the subject. He/she should have atleast 10 years experience of teaching the subject in a higher secondary school. He/She should have an experience as an Examiner for atleast 5 times at the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination held by any Examining body during the preceding 10 years. He/She shall be a person who is in touch with the teaching of the subject in a higher secondary school for more than 3 preceding years. (5) A person to be appointed as chairman of the panel of paper-setters (CPSP) in a subject for HSSC examination shall in addition to a), b), c), d) and) in 4) above, have an experience of setting a question paper in the subject at least thrice during the preceding 10 years. (6) In case of non-availability of qualified persons mentioned in 1) to 5) above in any subject, the concerned board of Studies shall be competent to recommend relaxation in the required qualification, subject to the approval by the Executive Council and the Board. (7) In case of non-availability of experienced persons mentioned in 1) to 5) above in any subject, the chairman shall be Competent to allow relaxation in the required condition of experience.