(1) The Council shall constitute a Board of Studies and Skilling which shall be responsible for, among others,—
(a) advising the Council on academic matters including norms, standards, curricula and syllabi, facilities, and structure of courses of studies used in the various institutions under the control of the Council;
(b) preparing basic study materials for all subjects of all the years of the various tiers of education run by the Council;
(c) advising the Council on adoption of job-description-specific Qualification Packs and derivation of competency based training course for various job roles in industry based on the prevalent national framework or otherwise, by following qualification parameters similar to ones at the international levels and ensuring uniformity in content, duration and benchmark costs for all the packs;
(d) aligning all current technical or vocational courses running in the State of West Bengal, or similar technical or Vocational courses in schools, colleges and polytechnics, to job roles at specific National Vocational Educational Qualification Framework or similar Levels, as well as causing integration with National Vocational Educational Qualification Framework norms.
(2) The constitution, powers, functions, and area of the Board of Studies and Skilling shall be such as the Council may provide by regulations.
(3) The members of the Board of Studies and Skilling may be members of the Council.
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20. (I) The Council shall constitute a Board of Assessment, Examination and Certification, in accordance with such regulations as may be made in this behalf, which shall be responsible for, among others,—
(a) carrying out and supervising the entire functions related to entrance tests/examinations/aptitude assessments and all other examinations and assessments of similar nature or otherwise;
(b) carrying out and supervising the entire functions related to the examination system and to ensure that conduct of examination and publication of result is done in a transparent manner and in time;
(c) carrying out and supervising the assessment and certification and awarding of diplomas, certificates etc. to all trainees and students undergoing any Technical and Vocational Education and Skill Development.
21. The Council shall constitute a Recognition Committee to grant or refuse recognition to Institutions, and to withdraw such recognitions in accordance with such regulations as may be made in this behalf.
CHAPTER V Finance, Accounts and Audit Budget 22. (1) The Council shall prepare in such form and at such time each year as may be prescribed a budget estimate in respect of the financial year next following showing the estimated receipts and expenditure, and the copies thereof shall be forwarded to the State Government after its confirmation by the Council at its annual meeting.
(2) (a) The State Government shall, within two months of the receipt of the budget estimate, either accord its approval to the same or return it to the Council with such comments and suggestions as it deems necessary, if, in its opinion, such budget estimate—
(i) is not reasonably accurate with reference to ascertainable facts or shows a deficit in the closing balance;
(ii) includes new items of recurring expenditure which are likely to impose upon the Council in the future financial liabilities which the Council is not likely to be able to meet from its income; or
(iii) includes provisions for expenditure which are not in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(b) If the budget estimate is returned under clause (a), the Council shall consider the comments and suggestions made by the State Government and may, if it thinks fit, revise the said budget estimate. The Council shall, then, either resubmit the budget estimate as so revised to the State Government or, if it does not think fit to revise the budget estimate, resubmit it in its original form to the State Government within one month of receiving it together with its replies on the comments and suggestions made by the State Government.
(c) If the State Government does not approve of the budget estimate as revised by the Council or if the budget estimate is returned by the Council without revision, the State Government may amend the budget estimate by making— PAR r III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, FEBRUARY 14. 2014 15 Payment to Council by Slate Government.
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(i) such modifications as are, in its opinion. necessary to render the budget estimate reasonably accurate with reference to ascertainable facts or to balance the receipts and expenditure,
(ii) additions, alternations or modifications in any provision relating to new items of expenditure of a recurring nature,
(iii) any alternation or modification in any provision for expenditure which, in its opinion, is not in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall, then, forward the budget estimate, as so amended, to the Council.
(3) If the State Government does not accord its approval to the budget estimate under clause (a) of sub-section (2) within two months of the receipt thereof, or if the State Government does not communicate its approval of the budget estimate to the Council under clause (c) of sub-section (2) within the 31st March of the financial year immediately preceding the financial year to which the budget estimate relates, the budget estimate as forwarded to the State Government by the Council shall be deemed to have been approved by the State Government and shall be the budget estimate of the Council for the financial year to which it relates.
(4) The Council shall prepare an annual report giving full account of its activities during the previous year. The Council shall, without fail, keep an account of all its receipts and expenditure which shall be forwarded to the State Government.
(5) The accounts of the Council shall have to be obligatorily audited by an Auditor appointed by the Council every year, apart from the periodic audit that may be conducted by the Accountant General, West Bengal. The audit report has to be submitted to the State Government which may take such action on the audit reports as it deems fit.
23. The State Government may, after considering the budget estimate, the accounts of the Council and such other reports as it may call for, make such annual or periodical grants to the Council as it may think fit:
Provided that on the establishment of the Council and before the 1st budget estimate is forwarded to the State Government, that Government may, after considering such report as it may call for from the Council, make such initial grant to the Council as may be considered necessary or may make provisions to transfer of available funds/revenues and assets so generated in the existing Council or Society or Body.