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ActOSE Act, 1953

Constitution of the Board :

(i)

The State Government shall constitute a Board called the Board of Secondary Education to regulate, control and develop, Secondary Education in the State of Odisha .

(ii)

The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable and subject to the provisions of this Act to transfer any property held by it and to contract and do all other things necessary for the purpose of its constitution and may use or be sued in its corporate name.

(iii)

The Board shall consist of the following members, namely –

(a)

Ex-Officio Members :

(i)	President
(ii)	Vice-President
(iii)	All Inspectors of Schools

(b)

Members to be nominated by the State Government–

(i)	One Officer of the Directorate of Public Instruction not below the rank of a Deputy Director;
(ii)	Three Principals of Training Colleges, one from each of the groups of colleges affiliated to the Utkal University , Berhampur University and Sambalpur University;

(iii)	Three District Inspectors of Schools, one from each of the three Revenue Divisions of the State;
(iv)	Three Headmasters of recognised High Schools and one Headmistress of a recognised Girls' High School;
(v)	Five registered teachers of recognised High Schools and two registered lady teachers of recognised Girls' High Schools;
(vi)	Four teachers of Middle Schools of whom one shall be a lady teacher;
(vii)	One eminent educationist who has made special contribution in the field of Secondary Education;
(ix)	Not more than eight specialists in subjects forming part of Secondary Education of whom one shall be a woman and two shall be representing the subjects Arts, Crafts and Physical Education;

(c)

Elected members -

(i)	Three members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly to be elected from among themselves
(ii)	One representative from each of the Universities in the State to be elected by the members of the respective Academic Councils from among themselves.

Term of office of members and filling up vacancies etc. :

4. The Board may co-opt persons not exceeding five as extraordinary members for any special purpose.

	(i)	Members other than ex-officio and co-opted member shall hold office for a term of five years from the date of the notification under section 5.

	(ii)	The term of Office of co-opted members shall terminate on completion of one year from the date of co-option.

	(iii)	When the term of office of members other than ex-officio members has expired, the vacanicieso arising shall be filled as soon as may be and to this end all necessary steps shall be taken by the Secretary of the Board within three months, before the expiry of the said term of office; Provided that the term of office of the outgoing members, shall be deemed to extend to and expire with the date on which the names of their successors elected or nominated, as the case may be are notified under Section 5.

Publication of names :

5. The names of persons elected, nominated or co-opted to be members of the Board under section 3 or Section 4 shall be notified in the Gazette.

Disqualification for membership :

6. A person shall be disqualified for being elected, nominated or co-opted as a member of the Board or for being appointed as and for being a member of, any committee under this Act : -

(i)

If he directly or indirectly by himself or by his partner : -

(a)	has any share or interest in any book published or republished which is intended to be prescribed or recommended as a text book for the Secondary School course;
(b)	has any share or interest in the business of the publisher of such books;
(c)	has any share or interest in, any work done by order of, or in any contract entered into on behalf of Board;

(ii)

If he is a person against whom an order has been made by the Board terminating his appointment directing that such person shall not be eligible for appointment as an examiner at any time or for any specified period;

Provided that such a person being appointed as an examiner under this Act has been found guilty of negligence or mis- conduct or of both which has rendered his appointment as an examiner inexpedient.

Provided further when the order has been made on the ground that such person has been found guilty only of negligence, the disqualification shall cease to have effect after the expiry of the period to be specified in the order.

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