Committees and Councils

(i) the Chairman; (i-a) [Omitted]; (ii) the Vice-Chairman; (iii) two persons to be nominated by the Board from amongst its members, out of whom one shall be a Vice-Chancellor or his representative; (iv) the Secretary to Government in the Department of Education or an officer of that Department, not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary, to be nominated byhim; (v) the Director General, School Education, Punjab; (vi) the Director of Public Instruction (Secondary Education); and (vii) the Director of Public Instruction (Elementary Education); (c) academic council consisting of, - (i) the Chairman; (i-a) [Omitted]; (ii) the Vice-Chairman; (iii) the Director General, School Education, Punjab; (iv) [Omitted]; (v) the Director, State Council of Educational Research and Training, Punjab; (vi) the Director of Languages, Punjab; (vii) the Director, Punjab State University Text Book Board; (viii) five heads of affiliated institutions to be nominated by the Board for a period of not exceeding one year; (ix) five heads of affiliated institutions having at least ten years’ experience as such to be nominated by the Board for a period not exceeding one year; (x) three outstanding academicians to be nominated by the State Government for a period not exceeding one year; and (xi) the Secretary of the Board who shall also function as Secretary of the academic council. (2) The finance committee shall examine all financial matters pertaining to the Board including the budget estimates and the annual accounts and balance-sheet. (3) The examination committee shall consider the appointment of paper setters and examiners and shall recommend measures to improve the mode of evaluation and conduct of examinations. (4) The academic council shall be the academic body of the Board and shall, - (i) lay down guide lines for the maintenance of academic standards in the affiliated institutions; (ii) approve the syllabi for various classes and examinations; (iii) lay down policy and procedure for the conduct of examinations; and (iv) advise the Board in the matters of granting affiliation and all other academic matters. (5) The Board may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder, set up in addition to the committees and council referred to in sub-section (1), such committees or councils as it may think fit or as may be prescribed. (6) The quorum and the manner of transacting the business of a committee and that of a council shall be such as may be prescribed.