The Board External Education Council

(1) The Board of External Education Council shall be the principal body in the Universlty to review and approve academic policies and issues related to the curriculum for external program and instructions to be delivered via face to face teaching in external education, practical of external education program, satellite mediated instructions, e-learning mode, print material and on the job training as per the program requirement to a larger segment of the populations and to promote educational well being of the society in general, to encourage the e-learning in external education and alternative learning system in conjunction with the conventional education pattern of the Country and to coordinate and determine the standards in such system. (2) The Board of External Education Council shall subject to the provisions of this Act, statutes, regulation and the rules coordinate and exercise general supervision over the affiliation policies of the Colleges of the University. (3) The Board of External Education Council shall set up Colleges or affiliate Colleges in and outside the Country for such purpose and in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by statutes. (4) Three members of the Board of External Education Council shall form the quorum for a meeting. (5) The statutes may specify the other powers and functions of the Board of External Education Council. (6) The tenure of office of the members of the Board of External Education Council other than ex-officio members shall be three years or till reconstitution, whichever is earlier. (7) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Chancellor shall reconstitute the Board of External Education Council once in three years.