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8. Functions of a Board,

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Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The functions of a Board established for a school shall be to advise and assist the Principal or in his absence, the Senior Deputy Principal, of such school, in matters

‘ connected with the development of the school and—

(a)

to assess and assist in the current needs and per-formance of the school, te recommend relevant improvements to academic curricula and modes of teaching to the National Institute of Education and to promote greater colloboration among parents, teachers and students of the school ;

(b)

to promote sports and recreational, literary, aesthetic, social, vocational and other extra curricular activities in the school

;

(c)

fo promote cultural, religious

(including inter-cultural and inter-religious) and moral acti-vities in the school

;

(d)

to assist in the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the school

;

(e)

to assist in the improvement and expansion of facili-ties of the school, with regard to libraries, educa-ional equipment ani other aids to learning

;

(f)

to ascertain the requirements of the school for scheol books, mid-day meal stamps, student uniforms and

~ toveffect the distribution thereof ;

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(g} to foster and strengthen the welfare activities of the school community, with a view to preserving its identity and traditions

;

{h) to interact productively with the media so as to engen-der a cohesive relationship between the school, on the one hand and the community and religious insittutions on the other

;

(i)

to assist in the maximum utilization by the school, of state allocations and contributions from the com-munity, and to take necessary steps for the proper disbursement thereof

;

(j)

to assist in the development of the personality of the pupils of the school with a view to inculcating in them, a spirit of caring for, and sharing with the members of the school community, team work and organizational ability.

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(2)

Nothing in subsection (1) shall be deemed to autho-rize a Board established for a school, to require the Princi-pal of that school, to make any particular decision relating to any academic, administrative, personnel or disciplinary matter of the school.

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