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Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)

Schedule 1 : Standard College Statute

Academic Board

15. Functions of academic board

 

(1) Subject to the Act, the academic board of the college—
(a) is accountable to the council for—
(i) all the teaching, learning, research and academic functions of the college;
(ii) the academic functions of the college and the promotion of the participation of women and the disabled in its learning programmes;
(iii) establishing internal academic monitoring and quality promotion mechanisms;
(iv) ensuring that the requirements of accreditation to provide learning against standards and qualifications registered in the National Qualifications Framework are met; and
(v) performing such other functions as may be delegated or assigned to it by the council;
(b) must—
(i) advise the council on a code of conduct and rules concerning students;
(ii) determine, in accordance with any relevant deed or gift and after consultation with the principal, the conditions applicable to any scholarships and other academic prizes;
(iii) determine the persons to whom scholarships and academic prizes are awarded;
(iv) determine the functions of its committees as well as the procedure of meetings of these committees; and
(v) take note of any action taken by a committee in exercising its delegated powers or functions when such committee reports its actions to the next meeting of the academic board; and
(c) may—
(i) establish committees to perform any of its functions, and may for this purpose deem a single person to be a committee;
(ii) make standing orders on procedures and delegation of powers; and
(iii) delegate its functions to a committee.

 

(2) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1) the organisation and supervision of instruction and examinations, and of lectures and classes, vest in the academic board.

 

(3) The academic board submits to the council—
(a) such reports upon its work as may be required by the council;
(b) recommendations on matters referred to it by the council; and
(c) recommendations on any other matter affecting the college that the academic board considers useful.