(1) The Committee for Secondary Education of the Educationally Backward Classes shall consist of the following members—
(a) six persons who may or may not be members of the Board but who shall be members of the Educationally Backward Classes and of whom at least one shall belong to the tribal people, elected by the Board in the manner prescribed by regulations;
three members of the Educationally Backward Classes appointed by the State Government;
two officers of the Education Department, appointed by the State Government, of whom one shall be an officer of the Education Directorate dealing with education of the Educationally Backward Classes.
(2) The Board shall appoint a member of the Committee to be its Chairman.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Committee to advise the Board and the Executive Council on all matters relating to the education of members of the Educationally Backward Classes including the tribal people.
(4) The State Government shall from time to time decide which classes of people shall for the purpose of this Act be regarded as members of the Educationally Backward Classes or as belonging to the tribal people, and such decision shall be conclusive and shall not be open to any objection.
Finance 24. (I) The Finance Committee shall consist of the Committee. following members—
(a) the President, ex-officio;
(b) the Director of Public Instruction or a person in the service of the State Government nominated by him, ex-officio;
four members of the Board, elected by the Board in the manner prescribed by regulations; and a person who shall be an expert in financial matters appointed by the State Government.
(2) The President shall be the Chairman of the Committee.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Committee to prepare the budget of the Board and to perform such other functions as the Board may direct Committee for Secondary Education of the Education ally Back.
ward Classes.
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(c)
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(d) The West Bengal Secondary Education Act, 1950. 11 XXXV11 of 1950.]
(Chapter III.—The Executive Council and the Committees.— Section 25.)
25. (L) The Recognition and Grants Committee shall Recog.:
consist of the following members— nition and Grants
(a) the President, ex-officio; Committee.
(b) the Director of Public Instruction, ex-officio;
(c) the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, ex-officio;
(d) three persons appointed by the State Government;
(e) two persons elected by the Senate of the University of Calcutta, of whom one shall be a Principal or a Professor of a College affiliated to the University or a Professor or a Teacher of the said University ;
(f) two persons elected by the Board in the manner prescribed by regulations from among the members of the Board specified in clauses (12) to
(15) of section 4;
(g) two members of Managing Committees of recognised High Schools elected by the Board in the manner prescribed by regulations from among the members of the Board specified in clause (16) of section 4;
(h) three persons elected by the Board in the manner prescribed by regulations from among the members specified in clauses (8) and (9) and clauses (19) to (23) of section 4:
Provided that of the three persons so elected, one shall be a woman.
(2) The President shall be the Chairman of the Committee.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Committee to—
(a) make recommendations to the Executive Council concerning the recognition or withdrawal of recognition of High Schools ;
(b) advise the Executive Council on all matters concerning the recognition of High Schools;
(c) determine, in accordance with such regulations as may be made in this behalf, the amounts of grants-in-aid to be given to individual High Schools ;
(d) make recommendations to the Executive Council, in accordance with. such regulations as may be made in this behalf, concerning the withdrawal of the grants-in-aid from any High School;
(e) report to the Executive Council—
(i) all new grants-in-aid of which amounts have been determined by the Committee;
(ii) all changes in the amounts of existing grantsin-aid determined by the Committee;
12 The West Bengal Secondary Education Act, 1950.
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(Chapter 111.—The Executive Council and the Committees.— Section 26.)
(f) advise the Executive Council on all matters concerning grants-in-aid to High Schools :
Provided that the Executive Council may revise any decision of the Committee concerning the amount of any grant-in-aid to be given to a High School, if not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting are in favour of such revision.