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The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board Act, 1966

The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board Act, 1966

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The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board Act, 1966 established the state board responsible for school exams. It regulates the administration, conduct, and results of secondary school leaving and teacher certificate examinations. The Act applies to school students, teachers, examiners, and high schools throughout Karnataka. It matters because it creates a unified, legal framework to conduct standardized public examinations. This ensures that graduation credentials are fair, reliable, and uniform across the state, which is crucial for students pursuing higher education or employment. By setting strict rules for examinees and administrators, it protects the credibility of the state school examination system.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Adapted by the Karnataka adoptation of laws order 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973.
  3. 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
  4. 3. Incorporation of the Board
  5. 4. Constitution of the Board
  6. 5. Term of office of members
  7. 6. Disqualifications of members
  8. 7. Disqualifications of co-opted persons
  9. 8. Vacancy owing to disqualifications
  10. 9. Vacancy owing to absence
  11. 10. Vacancy to be published
  12. 11. Removal from membership
  13. 12. Resignation of the members of the Board
  14. 13. Casual vacancies.- All casual vacancies among the members
  15. 14. Temporary association of persons with the Board, etc.- (1) The
  16. 15. Powers and duties of the Board
  17. 16. Meetings of the Board
  18. 17. Powers and duties of the Chairman
  19. 18. Appointment, powers and duties of Secretary
  20. 19. Appointment of other officers and servants, etc
  21. 20. Salary and Allowances of the staff
  22. 21. Examiners’ Committee
  23. 22. Other Committees
  24. 23. Termination of Examiners’ appointment for misconduct or negligence
  25. 24. The order of the State Government on such appeal shall be final.
  26. 25. Annual accounts and financial estimates
  27. 26. Power of Board to make regulations
  28. 27. Approval of regulations by State Government
  29. 28. Making of first regulations and bye-laws
  30. 29. First appointment of University representatives
  31. 30. Proceedings not invalidated by reason of vacancies, etc
  32. 31. Power of the Board to make bye-laws
  33. 32. Information, returns, etc., to be furnished by Board
  34. 33. Powers of the State Government
  35. 34. Power to make rules
  36. 35. Responsibility of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members
  37. 36. Chairman, Vice-Chairman, etc.,to be public servants
  38. 37. Bar of suits, etc., for acts done in good faith
  39. 38. Previous notice for suits, etc
  40. 39. Removal of difficulties
  41. 40. Repeal
  42. 41. Amendments of certain enactments
  43. Schedule. Schedule (See section 41)

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