Bare Act
The Punjab School Education Board Act 2017 and amendment act 2021
This statute provides for the establishment, structure, and functions of the Punjab School Education Board to regulate school education across the state of Punjab. It applies to primary, secondary, and higher secondary educational institutions, as well as students, teachers, and school administrators within the region. The legislation empowers the Board to prescribe syllabi, publish standardized textbooks, grant school affiliations, conduct public examinations, and award educational certificates. By granting superintendence powers to the State Government and centralizing academic standard-setting, the Act ensures uniform educational quality, fair assessment practices, and effective administrative management of school education throughout Punjab.
- 1. Short title
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Establishment and incorporation of the Board
- 4. Constitution of the Board
- 4-A. Suspension of the Board
- 5. Term of office of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members
- 6. Qualifications for appointment of Chairman
- 7. Filling of vacancies
- 8. Disqualifications
- 9. Circumstances under which a member shall vacate office
- 10. Resignation
- 10-A. Removal of a member including Chairman and Vice-Chairman
- 11. Headquarters of the Board
- 12. Meetings of the Board
- 13. Officers of the Board
- 14. Powers and duties of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
- 15. Appointment of Secretary and other employees, their terms and conditions of service
- 16. Admission of institutions to privileges of Board
- 17. Powers and functions of the Board
- 18. Powers of Board to set up Committees and Councils
- 19. Constitution of the Board Fund
- 20. Delegation
- 21. Control of the State Government over the Board
- 22. Protection for acts done etc., in good faith
- 23. Bar of jurisdiction of courts
- 24. Powers of Board to make regulations
- 25. Repeal and savings
- 18 (Partial). Committees and Councils
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