| (1) The functions of a Board established for a school shall be to advise and assist the Principal or in his absence, the Senior Deputy Principal, of such school, in matters connected with the development of the school and
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| (a) to assess and assist in the current needs and performance of the school, to recommend relevant improvements to academic curricula and modes of teaching to the National Institute of Education and to promote greater collaboration among parents, teachers and students of the school; | | |
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| (b) to promote sports and recreational, literary, aesthetic, social, vocational and other extra curricular activities in the school; | | |
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| (c) to promote cultural, religious (including inter-cultural and inter-religious) and moral activities in the school; | | |
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| (d) to assist in the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the school; | | |
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| (e) to assist in the improvement and expansion of facilities of the school, with regard to libraries, educational equipment and other aids to learning; | | |
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| (f) to ascertain the requirements of the school for school books, mid-day meal stamps, student uniforms and to effect the distribution thereof; | | |
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| (g) to foster and strengthen the welfare activities of the school community, with a view to preserving its identity and traditions; | | |
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| (f) to interact productively with the media so as to engender a cohesive relationship between the school, on the one hand and the community and religious institutions on the other ; | | |
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| (i) to assist in the maximum utilization by the school, of state allocations and contributions from the community, and to take necessary steps for the proper disbursement thereof; | | |
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| (j) to assist in the development of the personality of the pupils of the school with a view to inculcating in them, a spirit of caring for, and sharing with the members of the school community, team work and organizational ability. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts