Chapter –2 (Manual

Chapter –2 (Manual –1)

Particulars of Organisation, Functions and Duties.

2.1 Objective / purpose of Public authority.

The Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training is an autonomous statutory authority created under “The Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training 1992 Act” for regulating and controlling academic standards in institutes of Technical Education and for making admissions & conducting examinations in Polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes.

2.2 Mission / Vision statement of the Public authority.

Punjab is predominately an agricultural state but with changing scenario in the country industrialization has taken fore front. With the industrialization the need for technical man power at various levels has increased many folds. Further, in order to provide employment opportunities for the people of backward areas., border areas and economically weaker section the Govt. of Punjab has established ITI’s and Technical Institutes even in the remotest area of the state. The objective of the Board is to upgrade the quality of technical education by way of coordinating and evaluating the technical institutions by fixing yardsticks in terms of affiliation, examination and certification so that the quality of the technical education is upgraded.

2.3 Brief history of the Public Authority and context of its formation.

The Board physically came into existence and started functioning independently from 1^st February 1993. Initially the senior staff members from the Directorate of Technical. Education of Punjab were sent to the Board on deputation for day to day activities. Gradually the Board started building its own employees by making contractual appointments.

2.4 Duties of Public Authority.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the functions and duties of the Board shall be to,

i) affiliate an institution whether situated within or outside the State ;

ii) inspect or cause to be inspected any institution seeking affiliation ;

iii) specify course of study and instruction leading to the examination conducted by it;

iv) fix standards for buildings and equipment for affiliated institution? ;

v) specify conditions including educational qualifications for admission of students to affiliated institutions:

vi) specify conditions, including examination fees for admission to examination conducted by it;

vii) conduct Annual and Semester examinations for assessing the performance of students belonging to the affiliated institutions and for awarding diplomas and certificates.

viii) publish results of examinations conducted by it :

ix) grant certificates or diplomas, as the case may be, to students who have satisfactorily completed courses of study in any affiliated institution and have passed the examination conducted for the purpose;

x) authorise any affiliated institution or other authority to conduct examinations in respect of any specified course and to specify the manner for holding such examination and standard to be maintained by such institution;

xi) specify educational qualifications and other standards for the members of staff of the affiliated institutions;

xii) coordinate and maintain standards of technical education and to effect re-orientation of such education on the specified lines so as to serve the needs of commerce and industry and promote co-operation amongst the institutions and industrial and commercial establishment;

xiii) co-operate with the All India Council for Technical Education and its Regional Committees and other bodies in such manner and for such purposes, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act;

xiv) advise the Government on all matters relating to Technical education and Industrial Training;

xv) do all other such acts and deeds as may be necessary for proper discharge of functions under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder ; and

xvi) carry out such duties as may be imposed on it under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder.

The Board shall subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, have all such powers as may be necessary for the discharge of its functions and the performance of its duties under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder.

Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board shall have the power to,

(i) cancel an examination or withhold result of an examination of a candidate or disallow him from appearing in any examination who is found to be guilty of,

a) using unfair means in the examination ; or

b) making any incorrect statement or suppressing material information or fact in the application form for admission to the institution or to the examination; or

c) fraud or impersonation at the examination ; or

d) securing admission to the examination in contravention of the rules or regulations governing admissions to such examination ; or

e) any act of gross indiscipline in the examination :

Provided that the candidate against whom an action under this section is proposed to be taken, shall be given a seasonable opportunity of being heard before passing final order in this behalf;

ii) deduct marks at any examination of any candidate found by it to be guilty of an act of indiscipline during the examination;

iii) cancel the result of a examination for any bona fide error of the Board in the declaration of the result of the examination;

Provided that the result of an examination shall not be cancelled on the ground of a bona fide error of the Board, after the expiry of a period of ninety days from the date of declaration of the result of the examination;

iv) specify fees for the examination conducted by it and provide for the manner of their realization;

v) refuse to affiliate an institution which,

(a) does not fulfil or is unable to fulfil the standards laid down by the Board for staff, instructions, equipment and buildings; or

(b) does not abide by the conditions for affiliation laid down by the Board

Provided that the affiliation to an institution shall not be refused without giving it a reasonable opportunity of being heard and without passing an order in writing and after recording reasons therefore;

vi) withdraw affiliation of an institution which is unable to adhere to or make a provision for standards of staff, instructions, equipment or buildings as laid down by the Board or on its failure to observe the conditions of affiliation to the satisfaction of the Board :

Provided that affiliation of an institution shall not be withdrawn without giving it a reasonable- opportunity of being heard and without passing an order in writing by recording reasons therefore ;

vii) lay down norms and standards for course, curricula, physical and instructional facilities, staff, equipment, admissions, assessment and examinations ;

viiii) call reports from Heads of the affiliated institutions in respect of any act done in contravention of the rules, regulations, decisions, instructions or directions of the Board in such manner, as may be specified ;

ix) inspect or cause to be inspected an affiliated institution for the purpose of ensuring due observance of the specified courses of study and to ensure that the facilities for instructions are duly provided and availed of ;

x) institute and grant fellowships and scholarships and award, prizes and certificates of distinction;

xi) create technical, professional, administrative, ministerial and other posts required for the performance of its duties and responsibilities and to appoint persons to such posts ;

xii) borrow money for carrying out the purposes of this Act with the prior approval of the Government;

xiii) recommend to the Government introduction of new courses and development of appropriate curricula in connection therewith ;

xiv) provide guidelines for granting academic autonomy to institutions of Technical Education and grant academic autonomy to such institutions, as it may consider necessary ;

xv) specify norms and guidelines for charging tuition and other fees in order to prevent commercialization of technical education and industrial training;

xvi) refer any question arising in the courses of exercise of its powers or in the discharge of its duties and functions under this Act. to any appropriate Committee constituted under section 19 and consider the committee’s recommendations or suggestions thereon.

xvii) Delegate by notification such of its powers subject to such conditions, as it may consider necessary to any affiliated institution or other authority constituted under the Act or the rules or the regulations made there under.

2.5 Main activities / functions of the Public Authority.