Constitution of the Council

(1) Government shall constitute a Council called the Council of Higher Secondary Education. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and subject to the provisions of this Act, to transfer any property held by it and to contract and do all other things necessary for the purposes of its constitution and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. (3) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) Chairman; (b) Vice-Chairman (if appointed); (c) Director of Public Instruction (Higher Education), Orissa; (d) President, Board of Secondary Education, Orissa; (e) Director of Technical Education and Training, Orissa; (f) Principal, Regional College of Education, Bhubaneswar; (g) Director, State Council of Educational Research and Training, Orissa; (h) Principal, College of Physical Education, Cuttack; (i) Director, National Cadet Corps or his nominee; (j) Members to be nominated by Government- (i) a representative of the Education and Youth Services Department not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary; (ii) a representative of the Finance Department not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary; (iii) ten Principals of Colleges including Junior Colleges, if any; (iv) five Headmasters of Higher Secondary Schools to the extent available; (v) ten registered teachers of recognised Colleges including Junior Colleges; (vi) five registered teachers of Higher Secondary Schools to the extent available; (vii) three Circle Inspectors of Schools; (viii) not more than ten specialists in vocational subjects prescribed for the Higher Secondary Course. (k) Elected Members- (i) three members of the Orissa Legislative Assembly to be elected from among themselves; (ii) one representative from each of the Universities in the State to be elected by the members of the respective Academic Councils from among themselves; (iii) one representative of the Board of Secondary Education to be elected by the members of the Board. (4) The Council may co-opt persons not exceeding five as extraordinary members for any special purpose. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, for the purpose of constituting the Council for the first time, the members specified in clause (c) of sub-section (3) shall be nominated by the Government, so far as may be, from among persons belonging to the categories specified in items (i) to (iii) of that clause and the members so nominated shall hold office for a period of two years.