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The sub-section substituted by the Act No. 4 of 2007, section 9. 10 the control of Municipality/Municipal Corporation to be nominated in the prescribed manner of whom four shall be women and one each shall be from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Minorities; Provided that out of the eight Chairpersons, four shall be from High School Management Committees and four shall be from Primary School Management Committees]. (v) two teachers (the senior most headmaster of the primary schools and the senior most headmaster of high schools) in the Municipality or Municipal Corporation; (vi) one distinguished educationist or philanthropist or nominee of a non-Governmental organisation to be nominated by the District Collector; and (vii) one representative from the recognised teacher unions to be co-opted as may be prescribed. (3) All decisions of the 1[Municipal Education Management Committee] shall be taken by a majority of the members of the Committee present and voting. (4) The term of office of the 1[Municipal Education Management Committee] shall be two years. A parent-member shall, however, cease to be a member when he has no enrolled child in the Municipality/Municipal Corporation School or when recalled by the Parent Teacher Association concerned in the manner prescribed: 2[Provided that the Government, may extend the term of office of the Committee for a period not exceeding one year at a time.] (5) The 1[Municipal Education Management Committee] shall be responsible for the overall development of Primary and Secondary Education in the Municipality or Municipal Corporation as the case may be and for the purpose, it shall provide the necessary infrastructure to the schools under its control and monitor their functioning. (6) The committee shall have the following powers and functions, namely: (i) to undertake annual evaluation of the performance of the schools, facilitate and provide for academic supervision and inspection of schools to be undertaken by appropriate and competent authorities to be specified by the Education 1 . The words “Municipal Education Management Committee” substituted by the Act No. 4 of 2007, section 12.