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| (1) There shall be an Academic Affairs Board of the Institute (hereinafter referred to as the "Board"). |
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| (2) The Academic Affairs Board of the Institute shall consist of the following : "
| | (a)ex offico members, namely"
| | | (i) the Director-General of the Institute appointed under section 11 ; |
| (ii) members of the academic staff of the Institute, as decided by the Chairman ; |
| (iii) the Director-General of the National Institute of Education ; |
| (iv) one representative each from such universities of Sri Lanka as are prescribed by regulations made under this Act. |
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| (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall be responsible for the academic affairs of the Institute. |
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| (4) The Board shall be responsible for the conduct of examinations held by the Institute in accordance with the rules made in that behalf, and shall recommend to the Council, persons who, having passed the prescribed examinations and having satisfied other prescribed conditions, are eligible for the award of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions of the Institute. |
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| (5) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred on it by subsection (3), the Board shall exercise, perform and discharge, the following powers, duties and functions :"
| | (a) to advise the Council on all academic matters ; | | |
| | (b) to consider and report on any matter referred to it by the Council ; | | |
| | (c) to make recommendations and reports to the Council on matters connected with courses of study, teaching programmes and examinations, conducted or held, by the Institute ; | | |
| | (d) to recommend to the Council, names of persons suitable for appointment as examiners at examinations held by the Institute ; | | |
| | (e) to recommend to the Council, the institution, abolition or suspension, of professorships and other academic grades ; | | |
| | (f) to recommend to the Council, conditions for the award of scholarships, medals and other prizes ; | | |
| | (g) to recommend to the Council, the award of exhibitions and other prizes to such persons who have fulfilled the conditions approved by the Council, for the award of such scholarships, medals and prizes ; and | | |
| | (h) to appoint with the permission of the Council, committees which may include persons other than the members of the Board. | | |
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| (6) No decision in relation to any matter referred to in subsection (3) or (4) shall be made by the Council or any officer to whom any power, duty or function in relation to such matter has been delegated, unless the Board has been given an opportunity of recording and transmitting to the Council its recommendations in regard to such matter. Where the decision of the Council or such officer in regard to any such matter is contrary to the recommendation of the Board, the Council or such officer shall record its or his reasons for not following the recommendations of the Board. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts