APPENDIX THREE (B) ACADEMIC COUNCIL [Vide Rule 10-B]- SS CODE

 

APPENDIX THREE

(B) ACADEMIC COUNCIL

[Vide Rule 10-B]

 

1. Every recognized school shall have an academic council to advise the head of the school on the day-to-day academic matters of the school.

 

2. The academic council shall consist of:

 

(a) The head of the school as chairman;

 

(b) Representatives of permanent teachers, from three to five depending upon the size of the school by annual election with at least one each from the following categories:

 

(i) More than fourteen years’ permanent service;

(ii) With eight to fourteen years’ permanent service;

(iii) Less than eight years’ permanent service.

 

The teachers’ representative shall be elected by preferential voting.

 

(c) A nominee of the school committee who is not a teacher.

 

(d) President of the parents’ association of the school. The total number of members of the academic council shall not exceed eight.

 

3.  The academic council shall meet at regular and frequent intervals, as may be decided by the head of the school and shall perform the following functions:

 

(a) To discuss the program of studies in the school’

 

(b) To bring to the notice of the school committee the educational and financial needs of the schools;

 

(c) To make recommendations to the head of the school or the school committee for improving academic efficiency in the school;

 

(d) To advise the school committee and the head of the school on matters relating to the internal management of the school and discipline among the students:

 

(e) To make recommendations to the Head of the school regarding promotions and detention of pupils on he result of the school examination;

 

(f) To make recommendations to the school committee with regard to the school budget, particularly regarding the purchase of school equipment, library books and such accessories;

 

(g) Any other matters referred to the council by the school committee or the head of the school.

 

4. The academic council shall be a purely advisory body tendering advice mainly on academic problems of the school.