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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.
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board
shall
exercise and perform the following
powers and functions, namely :—
(i)
prescribe the syllabi, courses of the studies and
text books for school education;
(ii)
organize reserach 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 and restrictions on which the institution
was admitted to the privileges of the Board, are being complied with;
(vi)
prescribe penalties for misconduct pertaining to
examinees, examiners and other persons engaged
in the conduct of examinations;
(yii)
appoint examiners and supervisory staff and fix their emuneration;
(viii)
lay down conditions and restrictions for admission
of candidates to the examinations ;
(ix)
organize and provide lectures, demonstrations,
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 discipline ;
(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 exerci
se
and perform the following powers and functions
with the 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 institutions in terms
of teachers and their qualifications, curriculum,
equipments, buildings and other educational: facillities".
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 or Vice-Chairman shall continue as sucn 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.
(3)
Notwithstanding 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 the 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
Provided that no person appointed as
Secretary ofthe 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
2006 - 2007 is as under:-
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Income
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11998.09
lacs
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Expenditure
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13339.42
lacs
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Loss
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1341.33
lacs
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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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