(i) the Chairman of the 23[Zilla Praja Parishad], who shall be Chairman of the Committee;
(ii) the Chief Executive Officer of the 23[Zilla Praja Parishad] who shall be the Member - Convenor;
(iii) ten parents to be 24[nominated] in the prescribed manner by and from among the parent members of the *[School Management Committees] in the District of whom not less than five shall be women; and one shall be from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribes and one from Minority Community;
(iv) two Headmasters of Zilla Parishad High Schools co-opted in the Committee in the manner prescribed;
(v) one educationist or social activist or nominee of a voluntary organisation to be nominated by the District Collector;
(vi) one chairperson of *[Mandal Education Management Committee], to be co-opted in the manner prescribed;
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(viii) The District Educational Officer;
23. Substituted by Act No.41 of 2006.
24. Substituted by Act No.4 of 2007.
25. Omitted by Act No.4 of 2007.
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(ix) the Minorities Welfare Officer of the District or in the absence of that officer an officer belonging to the Minorities from any of the Departments / Offices nominated by the District Collector;
(x) Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Agency or the District Tribal Welfare Officer;
(xi) one representative from the recongnised Teacher Unions to be co-opted in such manner as may be prescribed;
(xii) two Zilla Parishad Territory Council Members to be nominated as may be prescribed;
(xiii) Deputy Director of Social Welfare Department;
and
(xiv) District Backward Classes Welfare Officer.
(2) All decisions of the Committee shall be taken by majority of the members of the Committee present and voting.
(3) The term of office of the Committee shall be two years. A parent-member shall, however, cease to be a member when he has no enrolled child in the Zilla Parishad School or when recalled by the concerned Parent Teacher Association in the manner prescribed:
26[Provided that the Government, may extend the term of office of the Committee for a period not exceeding one year at a time.]
26. Inserted by Act No.31 of 2000.
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(4) The Committee shall be responsible for the overall development of secondary education in the district and for that purpose, it shall provide the necessary infrastructure to the schools and monitor their functioning.
(5) The Committee shall have to undertake annual evaluation of the performance of the schools, facilitate and provide for academic supervisions and inspection of schools to be under taken by appropriate and competent authorities to be specified by the Education Department, organise sports, cultural and other related activities, prepare annual budget for the *[District Education Management Committee] and assist in the maintenance of proper accounts: