Objects and Functions

k) opportunities to complete school and development education and other children/ persons desifous of pursuing school level education through Open and Distance Learning (oDL) mode by offering courses and programmes of general education, life enrichment and vocational eduoation up to pre-degree level; l) to open schools/ academic centers, study centers, competitive training institutes and language institutes. m) to open/establish/atfiliate/recognise/accredit schools for study of various branches of knowledge up to pre-degree- level as well as vocational education and training progruryi"s and skill development programs and to conduct examinations thereof n) to open information centers for providing information of Education, to organize conferen6eS, summits, Seminars, meeting, discusSion, debates, study courSeS, and to conduct short term and long-term vocational courses/training. o) to establish and maintain institution for vocational training in vocation of household industry, semi-skilled jobs for self-employment, short hand and type-writing, and social science, Languiges, Fine arts, Crafts, muSic, painting, modelling, physical training etc.; p) to open training camps and workshops for the development of arts, plays and culture and raise funds through subscriptions, donations, trade to fulfill the aims and objects, to publish books, enCyclopaedias, monographs and study materials; q) to design and develop need based academic and Vocational Education Programmes, cours"i and Curricula, self-instructional materials (SlM) and other learning support for the courses identified at different points of time including for (l) Open Basic Education (OBE), (ll) Secondary and Senior Secondary Education, and (lll) Vocational Education and Training (VET) Programmes with focus on skill development, for livelihood and lifelong learning up to pre'degree level; r) to develop and prescribe or offer.a wide spectrum of courses of study, for purposes of general vocational and continuing education, either leading to certification at the school stage up to the under graduate level (including Certificates/Diplomas) or for life and job enrichment and without certification; s) to offer courses of studies through open and distance learning mode, face to face mode known as regular classroom teaching mode, e-learning mode, online mode, virlual classroom mode and any other mode as the Board may decide from time to time; t) to grant or refuse recognition to school, institution and study centres and to withdraw such recognition, if it thinks fit, in accordance with such regulations as may be made in this behalf and to maintain a register of recognized schools, institutions and studY centres; u) to establish and maintain institutions for open and distance education up to pre' degree level school education as well as vocational education and training programmes and skill development programs; v) to train the people in general for human resource development in view of the emerging needs such as database development, resource survey methodologies, computer, environmental studies, health, education, and engineering. w) to undertake and promote the publication and translation of journal, research papers and books and to develop the audio-visual programmes to disseminate knowledge pertaining to ihe objectives of the Bo;ird: x) to establish any, educationai institution ano other instrtution-q, technical or otherurise anywhere in InOia, to promoie eduoation of art. Science or other related fields and to communicate and coordinate with the Government Local and public authorities on various issues related to development welfare and pubiic interest on different subiects and for efficient working of the Board and the achievement of the above aims and objects as Der Government Policy' y) to establisl-r regionai centres in an cutside Sikkirrr for the purBoses of supervising the prcpsl funciioning of the learning sLlppon centres and stucy centres; z) to sei up, establish and administer ald maintain oifices/chai:ters in lndia anC/or abroad either on its own or in associatton rruitn any other lnstitutioniAuthority in such manner anci for such purposes as may be iletermined by the Board with a view to achrevlng,ts objectives; aa) to conduct examinations and issue cerlificates, Diploma, etc' to successful learners; bb) to prescribe by regulations, conditions for the registration of students, eligibility criteria for. appearing at the examrnations, for its oonduct and for all other matters necessarv antl incidJntal thereto for proper fulfilment of teaching and exantining and also to publish results of the examinations concjucted by the Board and to ayard diploma" cerfificates, prizes anC schclai'shios in resper;t thereot: cc) to institute and award, Prizes and lledals subject to such criteria and/or conditions as the Board may determine fronr 'iime to tirne, dd) to prescribe. fix and demand paynrent of such fees and other charges and the method of collection thereof, as rnay be prescribed by regulations; ee) to make service regulations for tne personnel related to administraticn cf the Board and for the proper manaEement of the f,.rrrctions of the Board incluciing 'llelfare rneasures for the slaff of il"re Board: ff) to make regulations for the :oi'rcjucl or atfa;rs filr ti-re Boaro; gg) to collaborate with institutions, schools, skill.knowledge and training providers at the State level such as State Council of Educatibnal Research and Training, Sikkim, lnstitutions of Education in Sikkim and State lnstitute of Educational Training and Management and Training, Sikkim and also with other institutions, schools, skill knowlJdge and training providers at the National Level throughout the country; hh) to collaborate with national and lnternational agencies like the lnstitute of National open Schooling, lndira Gandhi National open Board, National council of Educational Research and Training, National lnstitute of Educational Planning and Administration, Cl*ro"