National Council For Educational Awards Act, 1979
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Boards of Studies. |
9.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Council may from time to time appoint such and so many bodies of persons as it thinks proper (each of which bodies is in this Act referred to as “a board of studies”) to assist the Council in such manner as the Council shall direct. | |
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the Council may make arrangements for a board of studies to perform on its behalf any of its functions, other than the functions mentioned in subsection (6) of this section, which, in its opinion, can be better or more conveniently performed by a committee, and subject to the provisions of this Act may regulate the procedure of any such board. | ||
(3) The Council may request a board of studies to make, in relation to specified subjects, courses of study or specified branches, areas, aspects or other divisions of education or research, recommendations to the Council concerning any one or more of the following: | ||
(a) the courses of study or instruction therein to be followed by persons for the purpose of obtaining an educational award from the Council, | ||
(b) standards to be maintained as regards any such course or other conditions subject to or in accordance with which any such course is to be conducted, | ||
(c) the standards to be applied and maintained in relation to examinations or tests undertaken by persons attending or otherwise pursuing or following any such course. | ||
(4) In deciding whether or not to make recommendations to the Council a board of studies shall have particular regard to the following: | ||
(a) the standard of the work and the facilities for the time being available at any institution at which the course of study or instruction being considered is conducted or at which it is proposed to have the course being considered conducted, as may be appropriate, | ||
(b) the curriculum and syllabus of the courses of study or instruction being considered, | ||
(c) the requisite qualifications or the proposed such qualifications of persons conducting such course, | ||
(d) the arrangements and facilities provided, or to be provided, for the practical training of persons attending or otherwise pursuing or following such courses, | ||
(e) the arrangements and facilities provided, or to be provided, for the examination or testing of such persons, | ||
(f) the standards required or proposed for admission to such courses, and | ||
(g) the standard required or proposed for the award of any degree, diploma, certificate or other educational award at the conclusion or at any other stage of the course: | ||
Provided that a board of studies in making recommendations under this subsection in relation to the standard required or proposed for admission to a course for, or for the conferring, granting or giving of a degree, diploma, certificate or other educational award, shall have regard to any corresponding standard required by a university in the State and shall not recommend a standard which is lower than such a standard (if any). | ||
(5) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to every board of studies. | ||
(6) The functions referred to in subsection (2) of this section are the granting of awards, diplomas, or degrees, the fixing of any remuneration, the making of any allowances for expenses, the making of disbursements or the consideration of any other matter related to expenditure and the appointment, supervision or dismissal of officers (including the Director) or servants of the Council. | ||
(7) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the power of the Council, apart from this section, to appoint committees. |