WBPE Act 4Chapter II · Chapter II

Section 4 · Composition of the Board

- The Board shall consist of the following members :-(a)[ the President to be appointed by the State Government] [[Clauses (a) and (aa) substituted for original clause (a) by W.B. Act 19 of 1994. Original clause (a) was as under :-'(a) the Director, ex-officio;'.]];(aa)[ the Director, ex officio [or his nominee not below the rank of a Deputy Director of School Education;] [[Clauses (a) and (aa) substituted for original clause (a) by W.B. Act 19 of 1994. Original clause (a) was as under :-'(a) the Director, ex-officio;'.]]](b)the President of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, ex officio [* * * *] [Words 'or his nominee' omitted by W.B. Act 19 of 1994.];(c)two teachers of [Primary Teachers' Training Institutes] [Words substituted for the words 'Junior Basic Training Institutions' by W.B. Act 19 of 1994.] of whom one shall be the head of one such [Institute] [Word substituted for the word 'Institution' by W.B. Act 19 of 1994.], elected in the prescribed manner by the teachers of [Primary Teachers' Training Institutes] [Words substituted for the words 'Junior Basic Training Institutions' by W.B. Act 19 of 1994.] from amongst themselves;(d)twelve teachers of primary schools of whom four shall be elected from each Division in the prescribed manner by the members of the Primary School Councils, who are representatives of primary school teachers in the Primary School Councils of the concerned Divisions;(e)two teachers of Primary Schools elected in the prescribed manner by the members of the Calcutta Primary School Council, who are representatives of Primary School teachers in the Calcutta Primary School Council;(f)one person elected in the prescribed manner by the Councilors of the [Calcutta Municipal Corporation] [Words substituted for the words 'Calcutta Corporation' by W.B. Act 19 of 1994.] from amongst themselves;(g)three persons, one from each Division, elected in the prescribed manner by the [Councilors of municipal areas] [Words substituted for the words 'Commissioners of the Municipalities' by W.B. Act 13 of 1997.] of the concerned Division from amongst themselves;(h)three persons, one from each Division, elected in the prescribed manner by the members of the Zilla Parishads [and the Mahakuma Parishad] [Words inserted by W.B. Act 10 of 1999.] of the concerned Division from amongst themselves;(i)six persons from amongst the members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elected in the prescribed manner by the members of the Assembly;(j)[seventeen persons] [Words substituted for the words 'thirteen persons' by W.B. Act 19 of 1994.] interested in education nominated by the State Government, of whom at least -(i)[four] [Word substituted for the word 'two' by W.B. Act 19 of 1994.] shall be women;(ii)one shall be a member of the Anglo-Indian Community;(iii)one shall be a member of a Scheduled Caste;(iv)one shall be a member of a Scheduled Tribe;(v)one shall be a member of any of the linguistic minority communities in the State other than Nepali;(vi)one shall be a Nepali inhabitant of the [hill areas] [Words substituted for the words 'hill area;' by W.B. Act 18 of 1988.];(vii)one shall be a College or University teacher;(viii)two shall be teachers of secondary schools;(ix)three shall be Chairman of Primary School Councils;(x)[ two persons of whom - [[Sub-clause (x) first inserted by W.B. Act 18 of 1988, then substituted by W.B. Act 19 of 1994. Previous clause (x) was as under :-'(x) one shall be a representative of the Primary School Council for the sub-division of Siliguri.'.]]

(1)

one shall be from the employees of the Board within meaning of section 17, and

(2)

one shall be from the members of the staff (other than officers) within the meaning of section 56.]

Section 4 substituted by W.B. Act 47 of 1980, which was earlier as under :-"4. Composition of the Board.- The Board shall consist of the following members, namely :-(a) an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Director of Public Instruction, Government of West Bengal, to be nominated by the State Government;(b) two teachers of Junior Basic Training Institutions, of whom one shall be the head of one such Institution, elected in the prescribed manner by the teachers of Junior Basic Training Institutions from amongst themselves;(c) eight teachers of primary schools of whom at least two shall be women, elected in the prescribed manner in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote by the members of the Primary School Councils who are representatives of teachers of primary schools in Primary School Councils;(d) one person elected in the prescribed manner by the Councilors of the Calcutta Corporation;(e) four persons elected in the prescribed manner in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote by the Commissioners of municipalities;(f) three persons elected in the prescribed manner in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote by the members of theZilla Parishads;(g) two members from each of the districts of Midnapore and 24-Parganas and one member from each of the other districts, from among the members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elected in the prescribed manner by the members of the Assembly from that district and one member from Calcutta elected by the members of the Assembly from Calcutta;(h) twelve persons interested in education nominated by the State Government of whom at least -(i) one shall be a woman;(ii) one shall be a member of the Anglo-Indian Community;(iii) one shall be a member of a Scheduled Caste;(iv) one shall be a member of a Scheduled Tribe;(v) one shall be a member of any of the linguistic minority communities in the State;(vi) one shall be an inhabitant of a hill area;(vii) one shall be a medical practitioner;(viii) one shall be a member of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.".

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