State Act

The West Bengal Secondary Education Act, 1950

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education Act, 1963 (5 of 1963), s.46; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

25. (1) The Recognition and Grants Committee shall consist of the following members— (a) the President, ex-officio; (b) the Director of Public Instruction, ex-officio; (c) the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, ex-officio; (d) three persons appointed by the State Government; (e) two persons elected by the Senate of the University of Calcutta, of whom one shall be a Principal or a Professor of a College affiliated to the University or a Professor or a Teacher of the said University; (f) two persons elected by the Board in the manner prescribed by regulations from among the members of the Board specified in clauses (12) to (15) of section 4; (g) two members of Managing Committees of recognised High Schools elected by the Board in the manner prescribed by regulations from among the members of the Board specified in clause (16) of section 4; (h) three persons elected by the Board in the manner prescribed by regulations from among the members specified in clauses (8) and (9) and clauses (19) to (23) of section 4 : Provided that of the three persons so elected, one shall be a woman. (2) The President shall be the Chairman of the Committee. (3) It shall be the duty of the Committee to— (a) make recommendations to the Executive Council concerning the recognition or withdrawal of recognition of High Schools; (b) advise the Executive Council on all matters concerning the recognition of High Schools; (c) determine, in accordance with such regulations as may be made in this behalf, the amounts of grants-in-aid to be given to individual High Schools; (d) make recommendations to the Executive Council, in accordance with such regulations as may be made in this behalf, concerning the withdrawal of the grants-in-aid from any High School; (e) report to the Executive Council— (i) all new grants-in-aid of which amounts have been determined by the Committee; (ii) all changes in the amounts of existing grants-in-aid determined by the Committee; (f) advise the Executive Council on all matters concerning grants-in-aid to High Schools : Provided that the Executive Council may revise any decision of the Committee concerning the amount of any grant-in-aid to be given to a High School, if not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting are in favour of such revision.