(1) The State Government shall, as soon as may be after this Act comes into force, establish a Board to be called the West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, shall be entitled to acquire, hold and dispose of property, to enter into contracts and to do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act, and shall by its name sue and be sued.
4. The Board shall consist of the following members:—
(a) the President;
(b) the President of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, ex officio;
(c) the President of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, ex officio;
(d) the President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, ex officio;
(e) the Director of School Education, Government of West Bengal, ex officio;
(f) the Head of the Department of Arabic, Calcutta University, ex officio;
(g) the Principal, Calcutta. Madrasah, ex officio;
(h) two heads of recognised Madrasahs—one High Madrasah and one Senior Madrasah—nominated by the State Government;
(i) two Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly nominated by the State Government;
(j) three persons nominated by the State Government of whom—
(i) one shall be a wholetime member of the teaching staff of a college imparting instruction in Arabic or Persian language and affiliated to any University in West Bengal,
(ii) one shall be an expert in Islamic Culture and Theology, and
(iii) one shall be a woman interested in Madrasah Education;
(k) ten wholetime and permanent members of the teaching staff of recognised Madrasahs—five from High Madrasahs, three from Senior Madrasahs and two from Junior High Madrasahs—elected in the manner prescribed;
Establishment and incorporation of the Board.
Composition of the Board.
385 The West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education Act, 1994.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter 11.—The Board.—Sections 5-8.)
(1) two persons from the wholetime and permanent nonteaching staff of recognised Madrasahs elected in the manner prescribed;
(m) one person from the wholetime and permanent staff of the Board elected in the manner prescribed.
Appointment in default of election.
Publication of the names of elected, nominated or appointed members of the Board.
Term of office of members of the Board.