(1) The Curriculum Committee shall consist of the following curriculum members, namel Committee. y;—
(a) the President;
(b) an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Director of Public Instruction, Government of West Bengal, to be nominated by the State Government;
387 The West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973.
(Part IL—Chapter IV.—Committees of the Board.—Section 24.)
(c) the Principal, State Institute of Education;
(d) one of the two members of the Board referred to in clause
(b) of section 4 elected in the prescribed manner by the Board;
(e) three teachers of primary schools elected in the prescribed manner by the Board;
(f) one teacher of a secondary school elected in the prescribed manner by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education;
two persons having special knowledge of science, art, crafts or primary education, who may or may not be members of the Board, nominated by State Government.
(h) two out of sixteen members of the Board referred to in clause (g) of section 4 elected in the prescribed manner by the Board.
(2) The President shall be the Chairman of the Curriculum Committee and the Secretary to the Board shall be the Secretary to the said Committee.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Curriculum Committee to—
(a) advise the Board about the syllabus and courses of studies to be followed in primary schools as well as for examinations instituted or conducted by the Board or the Primary School Councils;
(b) advise the Board on any matter relating to the syllabus, courses of studies or books to be studied, as may be referred to it by the Board.
(4) The Curriculum Committee may appoint such Sub-Committee or Sub-Committees as it may consider necessary to advise it upon any matter referred to in sub-section (3) and it shall not be necessary for any member of such a Sub-Committee to be a member of the said Committee or the Board.
Evaluation 24. (1) The Evaluation Committee shall consist of the following Committee. members, namely:—
(a) the President;
(b) an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Director of Public Instruction, Government of West Bengal, to be nominated by the State Government;
(c) the Principal, State Institute of Education;
(d) the Principal of a Post-Graduate Basic Training College, elected in the prescribed manner by the Board;
(g) [West Ben. Act 388 The West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973.
XLIII of 1973.]
(Part H.—Chapter 1V.—Committees of the Board.—Section 25.)
(e) one of the two members of the Board referred to in clause
(b) of section 4 elected in the prescribed manner by the Board;
(f) the Evaluation Officer attached to the Bureau of Educational and Psychological Research or any other officer of the State Government having knowledge of evaluation, nominated by the Director;
(g) one teacher of a High School elected in the prescribed manner by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education;
(h) three teachers of primary schools elected in the prescribed manner by the Board;
(i) three persons having special knowledge in primary education or evaluation, who may or may not be members of the Board, nominated by the State Government;
(j) two out of sixteen members of the Board referred to in clause (g) of section 4 elected in the prescribed manner by the Board.
(2) The President shall be the Chairman of the Evaluation Committee and the Secretary to the Board shall be the Secretary to the said Committee.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Evaluation Committee—
(a) to assess from time to time the standard of instruction in a primary school with reference to the norms and objectives set by the Board and to suggest improvement on the basis of such assessment;
(b) to advise the Board on such other matter relating to progress, improvement and development of the academic aspect of primary education as may be assigned to it by the Board.
(4) The Evaluation Committee may appoint such Sub-Committee or Sub-Committees as it may consider necessary to advise it upon any matter referred to in sub-section (3) and not more than half of the total members of such Sub-Committee may consist of persons who are not members of the said Committee or the Board.