(1) The Government shall constitute a Board called the Board of Secondary Education to regulate, control and develop of Secondery Education in the State of Orissa.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property both movable and immoveable and subject to the provisions of this Act to transfer any property held by it and to contract and do all other things necessary for the purpose of its constitution and may sue or be sued in its corporate name.
3 1[(3) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely :-
(a) Ex officio members -
(i) President;
(ii) Vice-President;
(iii) all Inspectors of Schools;
(b) Members to be nominated by the State Government :-
(i) one officer of the Directorate of Public Instruction not below the rank of a Deputy Director;
(ii) three Principals of Training Colleges, one from each of the groups of colleges affiliated to the Utkal University, Berhampur University and Sambalpur University;
(iii) three District Inspectors of Schools, one from each of the three Revenue Divisions of the State;
(iv) three Headmasters of recognised High Schools and one Headmistress of a recognised Girls' High School;
(v) five registered teachers of recognised High School and two registered lady teachers of recognised Girls’ High Schools;
(vi) four teachers of Middle Schools of whom one shall be a lady teacher;
(vii) four teachers of Primary Schools of whom one shall be a lady teacher;
(viii) one eminent educationist who has made special contribution in the field of secondary educatior ;
(ix) not more than eight specialists in subjects forming part of secondary education of whom one shall be a woman and two shall be representing the subjects Arts, Crafts and Physical Education;
(c) Elected members-
(i) three members of the Orissa Legislative Assembly to be elected from among themselves;
(ii) one representative from each of the Universites in the State to be elected by the members of the respective Academic Councils from among themselves.]
4. The Board may co-opt person not exceeding 1[five] as extraordinary members for any special purpose