Punjab School Education Board

	Power Functions
	Academic Wing
	Examination Wing
	Administration Wing
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The Punjab School Education Board came into being under an Act of Legislation in 1969, amended in 1987, 2000 and 2005.

Power functions:

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall exercise and perform the following powers  namely:-

(i) prescribe the syllabi, courses of the studies and text books for school education;

(ii) organize research for grading of textual vocabulary and arrange for regular revision of text books and other books;

(iii) hold examinations for school education, publish the results of such examinations and grant certificates to the persons, who have passed such examinations;

(iv) admit to the examinations, on the prescribed conditions, candidates, who have pursued the prescribed courses of instructions, whether in affiliated institutions or otherwise.  However; any change in the prevalent conditions shall be made with the prior approval of the State Government;

(v) cause enquiries to be made through such agency and in such manner, as may be prescribed regarding the conditions prevailing in an institution before it is admitted to the privileges of the Board and require such agency to inspect affiliated institutions and submit a report to the Board as to how for the conditions privileges of the Board, are being compiled with;

(vi) prescribe penalties for misconduct pertaining to examinees, examiners and other persons engaged in the conduct of examinations;

(vii) appoint examiners and supervisory staff and fix their enumeration;

(viii) lay down conditions and restrictions for admission of candidates to the examination;

(ix) organize and provide lectures, demonstration, educational tours, exhibitions, seminars and symposia and take such other measures, as may be necessary to raise and promote the quality and standard of school teaching and education;

(x) submit annual audited accounts and balance sheets together with the report of the Board to the State Government not later than the 30th September of the next year and publish such accounts and balance sheets in the official Gazette;

(xi) give grants to the State Council of Educational Research and Training for educational activities and research work;

(xii) institute and award scholarships, medals and prizes;

(xiii) fix, demand and receive such fees and other charges, as may be prescribed;

(xiv) hold any property and receive bequests, donations, endowments, trusts and transfer of any property or interest therein or right thereto;

(xv) prescribe measures for the intellectual, physical, moral and ethical promotion and for social welfare of students in affiliated institutions and the conditions of their residence and discip0line;

(xvi) encourage sports and health-building activities;

(xvii) take measures for the welfare of teachers of affiliated institutions and employees of the Board;

(xviii) do such other acts and things, as it may deem fit for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall exercise and perform the following powers and functions with prior approval of the State Government, namely:-

(a) arrange for the preparation ,writing, compilation, printing, publishing and sale of text books, other educational material and undertake the publication of any other educational work, book or periodicals.  However, copy right of any material developed, published, printed by the Board, shall vest with the state Government; and

(b) prescribe conditions for affiliation of institution in terms of teachers and their qualification, curriculum, equipments, buildings and other education: facilities'.

Term of office of chairman, vice-Chairman and members.

(1) The term of office of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be three years from the date of publication of the notification under sub section (4) of 4, which may further be extended for a period of two years: Provided that no person appointed as Chairman of Vice-Chairman shall continue as such beyond the age of sixty-two years.

(2) The term of office of a nominated member shall be two years from the date of his nomination, which may further be extended for a period of two years.

 "Not with standing anything contained in sub-section (1), the term of office of an officer of the State Government, sent on deputation, as Chairman or Vice-Chairman shall be such, as may be fixed by the State Government, but it shall in no case, exceed three years".

Term of office of secretary.

The Board shall appoint a person to be its Secretary from a panel prepared and sent by the State Government consisting of the officers of the State Government and the eligible officers of Board for a term of three years, which may further be extended by the Board for a period of two years.  If a person is appointed as Secretary from amongst the officers of the State Government, his appointment as such, shall be treated on deputation and it shall be governed by the relevant rules or policy instructions of the Punjab Government shall be governed by the relevant rules or policy instructions of the Punjab Government.

Provided that no person appointed as Secretary of the Board shall continue as such beyond the age of superannuation prescribed for the employees of the Board".

Academic Wing

This wing comprises of four major branches i.e. Academic Branch, Open School, Punjabi Cell and Field Programme. which are being supervised by four Deputy Directors who in turn are assisted by Subject Experts and Project Officers. The academic wing is headed by the Director Academics. Besides preparing the syllabi and text-books for the school classes, this wing organises  educational competitions for the school children. The Open School Branch caters to the educational needs of the out of school children of the state. To provide quality education to the rural children, 9 Adarsh Schools run by the Board, are also being looked after by this wing. Board spends Rs. 4 crore annually to run these schools. One of the responsibilities of this wing is to keep a liaison with the NCERT, New Delhi, SCERT and other sister organisations involved in similar educational activities at the National/ State levels to make periodical changes and update the text-books as per the latest thinking on different educational issues.

Publication of Text Books

This wing is headed by Deputy Director and assisted by the publication Officers, Assistant publication Officers and other supporting staff. The responsibility of this wing is to engage the private printing presses to get the text-books printed. At present, there are 210 titles apart from the other publications like syllabi, guidebooks.

Sale of Text Books

The Board has established text-books sale depots at District and some Tehsil levels. At present there are 21 text-books sale depots. This wing is headed by a Deputy Secretary who is assisted by Senior Managers at head office and managers at district level/ tehsil levels. The depots are dealing with the sale of textbooks, admission forms and syllabi for different classes. There are 2504 sale agencies which procure the books, admission forms and syllabi from the depots on commission basis.

Examination Wing

This wing is headed by the Controller of Examinations assisted by Deputy Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries. The responsibility of this wing is to conduct the Matriculation and +2 examinations, to get evaluate the answer-books and to declare results and to issue certificates etc.. This wing supervise about 4000 examination centers all over the state. To ensure copying free conduct of examinations different flying squads headed by D.E.O. and other officers of Board and Education Department are deputed to check the copying. To stop the outside interference help of police is sought and section 144 of Cr. P. C. is also activated.

Middle Cell

This wing is headed by the Deputy Secretary assisted by  Assistant Secretaries and Superintendents. The responsibility of this wing is to conduct the Middle standard examination, to get evaluate the answer-books and to declare results and to issue certificates etc..

Administrative wing

This wing is headed by the Secretary assisted by the Finance & Development Officer, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries etc. This wing deals with the Establishment and Administration. The responsibility of the Finance & Development Officer is to maintain accounts of the Board and their profitable investments and to prepare budget.

The financial position for the year 2005 - 2006  is as under:-

The Board also gives merit scholarships to meritorious students @ one student per 1000 students. These scholarships are given only to those students who are not covered by the national/state scholarships.  At present there are 1739 Schools affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board.

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