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The Board shall prepare annual accounts of its receipts and expenditure in such manner and before such dates as may be laid down by the Board. - 66 - Safe custody of Finances, etc. All income of the Board from any source whatsoever, including income of fees, royalties, etc. will be credited into the Board’s fund established under Section 37 of the Act. The Board’s Fund shall at the discretion of the Executive Council be kept in any scheduled Bank as defined in the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (Central Act 2 of 1934) and shall comprise of Cash in Bank and Cash in hand by way of small imprest amount with the Secretary; such imprest shall not exceed the limit to be decided by the Board. The Board’s fund shall be operated in the joint names of the Chairman and the Secretary of the Board and all the payment due to the Board except contingent charges, will be paid by a cheque or letter of authority signed jointly by the Chairman, and the Secretary of the Board. The Secretary of the Board, under overall supervision of the Chairman, (a) will be responsible for exercising day to day check on finances by signing cash book and other usual financial registers; (b) as the custodian of the Common Seal, building records, libraries and such other properties movable and immovable vesting in, held by or under the control of the Board to arrange for the maintenance of a proper inventory and ensure proper care and up-keep of the same. (c) to report to the Government every case of loss of the Board’s property of a value exceeding Rs. 200/- CHAPTER II Examinations The Board shall conduct or cause it to be conducted in the areas of its jurisdiction S. S. C. Examination twice every year, in the month of March and October and H. S. S. C. Examination in March provided that it shall be competent for the Board to conduct a - 67 - special examination at nay time in an emergency. The Board shall conduct such other examinations as the Board may, by Rule, prescribe from time to time. Centres and dates of Examination 1) The final examination (S. S. C. Exam) shall be held twice a year (October and March) and H. S. S. C. Exam once in a year March/April at such centres as may be fixed by the Board from time to time. The centres so fixed and the common date of commencement of each Examination shall be intimated by the Board to the heads of all Secondary Schools or Higher Secondary Schools as the case may be, ordinarily prior to first July for October Examination and 1st of December of the preceding year for the Examination to be held in March/April provided that it shall be competent for the Board to conduct a special Examination at any time in an emergency. 2) The candidate will ordinarily select the centre nearest to his school for the examination. However, it shall be competent for the Chairman to direct the candidate to appear for his oral and or practical examination at any other nearby centre at the candidate’s own cost and the Chairman’s decision in this behalf shall be final. Mode of Examination 1) Candidate shall be examined by means of :- i) Written question paper or papers which they shall be required to answer in writing; ii) Practical or oral tests, except when otherwise specified, shall be carried out by the examiners appointed by the Board in such manner as the Board may, from time to time determine. - 68 - 2) Practical and oral tests, except when otherwise specified, shall be carried out by the examiners appointed by the Board in such manner as the Board may, from time to time to time determine. 3) Wherever practical work has been prescribed in the syllabus in any subject for the examination, a record of such work done by each candidate offering the subject in the form prescribed by the Board shall be duly maintained and attested by the head of Secondary or Higher Secondary School concerned and the same shall be produced or forwarded for purpose of evaluation in such manner and according to such directions as may be issued by the Board from time to time. 4) Written text in the subject shall be by means of question paper or papers in the subject shall be given to candidates simultaneously at every centre at which the Examination is being held. 5) No question calling for a declaration of a religious belief on the part of a candidate shall be put at the examination and no answer or translation given by any candidate shall be objected to on the ground of its giving expression to any particular form of religious belief. Subjects of Examination The examination shall be held in the subjects shown in Appendix A and B annexed to these Rules. Medium of Examinations Candidate appearing for the Examination shall have the option to answer the question paper or papers through the medium of English, Marathi or Urdu. The script used for Marathi, Hindi, Sanskrit, Pali and Ardhamagadhi shall be Devnagari. Eligibility of Regular Candidates for S. S. C. Examination - 69 - A candidate attending the final standard of a Secondary or a Higher Secondary School shall be eligible to appear for the Secondary School Certificate Examination or Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination as the case may be on fulfilling the following conditions : 1) (a) In the case of the March Examination he should have attended the final standard of one or more Secondary or Higher Secondary Schools for not less than 75 per cent of the working days, during the period from the opening day of the academic year to the 15th of February next following and for the October S. S. C. Examination, he should have attended the final standard of one or more Secondary Schools for not less than 75 per cent of the working days during the period from the 1st day of October of the preceding year to the 15th of September next following : Provided that – i) The said 75 per cent attendance is kept by the candidate separately during the parts of the academic year, both before and after his form of application for admission to the Examination is forwarded by the head of the Secondary or Higher Secondary School concerned; ii) A candidate who will have filled in the required minimum attendance of 75 per cent of the total working days during the period of the academic year preceding the date of forwarding the application for admission to the Examination but who did not submit his application for admission to the examination or whose application was withdrawn under Rule 22(7) for the Examination to be held at the end of that academic year, shall complete the minimum attendance prescribed under this clause, either. A – During the remaining part of the same academic year, or B – During the first term of the next academic year, if he intends to appear for the Examination in the following October. C – During the second term of the next academic year, if he intends to appear at the Examination in the following March. - 70 - (b) The Chairman, may for special reasons, on the recommendation of the head of the Secondary School, condone a deficiency in the percentage of attendance prescribed under clause (a) above. (c) The head of the Secondary School concerned shall withdraw under Rule 22 (7) on or before the date prescribed therein forms of applications forwarded to the board’s office, in respect of those candidates who do not fulfill the conditions laid down under clause (i) of the provision to clause, (a) above unless the deficiency in attendance condoned by the Chairman in cases referred to him by the head of the Secondary School on or before 20th February , or 20th September, as the case may be with a statement of attendance of each such candidate in the form prescribed by the Board. 2) The head of the Secondary School has certified that : (a) He has kept the prescribed attendance as laid down under clause (1)(a) above; (b) To the best of his knowledge, the candidate is a fit person as regards character for admission to the Examination. Where in the opinion of the head of the Secondary School, the character of any candidate is not good, such head shall nevertheless forward the application of the candidate to the Board after endorsing thereon the reasons for forming such opinion, with the instances (if any) in support thereof. All such applications shall be considered by the Executive Council which, shall on merits of each case, decide whether the candidate be permitted to appear at the Examination or not, and the decision of that Executive Council shall be final. 3) Every candidate attending the final standard of Secondary or a Higher Secondary School as the case may be if he makes a proper application to the Board for appearing at the Examination, if he satisfies the conditions laid down in this Rule regarding attendance and carrying out practical work (if any) and if the head of - 71 - the Secondary School certifies that he is a fit person as regards character for admission to the examination or where such certificate is not given, the executive council decides that the candidate be permitted to and to appear at the examination, then such candidate shall have a right to be admitted to and to appear at the examination. Where a proper application is made by the candidate to the Board for appearing at the examination, and the conditions regarding attendance and carrying out practical work (if any) are satisfied, the application shall not be withheld by the Head of the Secondary School on any other ground. 4) Every candidate (whether private or regular) shall abide by the instruction which the Board may, from time to time, issue through the heads of Secondary Schools, regarding submission of application forms, admission to the Examination hall and discipline during the course of the examination. Any breach of such instructions will render a candidate liable for action under Rule. Eligibility of Private Candidates 1) A Person who has pursued the prescribed course of study privately and has completed the practical course prescribed for Std. IX and X in a recognised Secondary School Certificate Examination as a private candidate subject to the following conditions: (a) He has been resident of the Territory for a period of not less than two years, prior to the date of the commencement of the Secondary School Certificate Examination at which he desires to appear. The Chairman may, in exceptional cases condone a deficiency in the period of two years residence in the territory; (b) He was not on the roll of a Secondary School in the Territory during the academic year preceding the date of Secondary School Certificate Examination at which he desires to appear; (c) He must have completed the age of 18 years not later than 1st March of that year in the case of the examination to be held in March and not later - 72 - than 1st October of that year in the case of the examination to be held in October. Each applicant shall furnish satisfactory evidence in support of the correctness of his date of birth; Note :- The age of 18 years may be relaxed upto 17 years in case of a physically disabled candidate which is unable to attend the school . Note :- Not withstanding anything contained in conditions (a), (b) and (c) above; (i) A candidate being a citizen of India who has been a regular student of a secondary school overseas and who has completed the course of studies for an examination equivalent to the Secondary School Certificate Examination (e.g. Senior Cambridge) may be permitted to appear at the Examination as a Private candidate; (ii) A candidate sent up as a regular student (i.e. after having undergone the prescribed /minimum attendance at a recognized institution) but failing at the corresponding examination of any other statutory Board or University or University in India or at the Entrance Examination of a statutory University in India or at the Senior Cambridge or Indian School Certificate Examination or at the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination or the Higher Secondary (Multipurpose) School Certificate Examination Board, Poona, may be permitted to appear at the Examination as a private candidate provided that such a candidate has not joined a Secondary school since his failure at the other examination concerned. Provided that :- (a) It shall be competent for the Board to prevent permanently or for such specific period as the Board may determine in each case any secondary school which forwards under this sub-clause, applications of private candidates without proper scrutiny, from forwarding such applications, except the applications of their own bonafide past students; (b) Unless specially permitted by the Board to do so, no Secondary School shall forward more than 25 applications from persons other than its own bonafide past students, for permission to appear as private candidate at any - 73 - one Examination, provided that it shall be competent for the Chairman to relax, on the merits of each case, the said limit and allow a secondary school to forward more than 25 applications, at any one Examination from bonafide private candidates other than its own past students; (c) It shall be competent for the Board to debar an applicant employing malpractices to secure permission to appear at the examination as a private candidate under clause (1) above from applying for permission to appear for the Examination for a period of two years from the month and year of the Examination for which permission is sought, even if such a candidate is otherwise eligible and further forfeit the enrolment fee if already paid and cancel the enrolment certificate, if already issued. 2) Each applicant will have to pay Rs. 10/- as enrolment fee alongwith the application to, be submitted through the head of the Secondary School last attended, for permission to appear for the Secondary School Certificate Examination. If the said school does not exist, or is de-recognized or refuses to forward the application the applicant shall submit the application through the head of any other recognized Secondary School within the jurisdiction of the Board. The enrolment fee will be refunded if he is found ineligible under the rule. 3) If a private candidate is unable to submit his application before the date fixed by the Board, the Secretary may admit his application if it is received with a late fee of Rs. 5/- not later than the 10th day after the date fixed by the Board. 4) An applicant held eligible for enrolment as a private candidate will be issued an enrolment certificate which should be attached to the application for admission to the Secondary School Certificate Examination to be forwarded through the Head of the Secondary School concerned. 5) A private candidate may be charged by the Head of the Secondary School concerned a fee of Rs. 2/- for forwarding the application for special permission to the - 74 - Board and a further fee of Rs. 2/- for forwarding his application for admission to the Examination. 6) A candidate desiring to appear for the Secondary School Certificate Examination as a private candidate shall affix his or her recent photograph on the application form in the space provided for the purpose, duly signed by the Head of the school forwarding his application for admission to the Secondary School Certificate Examination. 7) Every applicant will have to state in writing that he is not undergoing rustication imposed by any Statutory Board of Examination or University in India or any other Examination authority at the time of submission of his application for enrolment or during the period of the examination. 8) Private candidates will not be eligible for the award of any of the prizes or scholarship at the S. S. C. Examination. Eligibility of Ex-Students 1) An ex-student is one who has satisfied all the requirements of the prescribed course of studies, including the prescribed minimum attendance (unless exempted by the Board), under Rule 17 and has been recognized by the Head of a Secondary School for admission to the Matriculate Examination or the Entrance Examination of the University of Bombay or School Certificate Examination of the Maharashtra Secondary School Certificate Examination Board or of the Poona Divisional Board and who has accordingly been admitted to the Examination and has not joined any Secondary school after such admission. An ex-student is exempted from the attendance prescribed in Rule 17. 2) An ex-student shall be entitled to receive a certificate with regard to his eligibility for admission to the Examination and to have his application for admission thereto forwarded by the Head of the Secondary school who recommended him for admission, whether or not be appeared at the examination in the year in which he was so - 75 - recommended, provided that, the Head of the Secondary School Certificate that, to the best of his knowledge the candidate is a fit person as regards character, for admission to the examination. Where, in the opinion of the Head of the Secondary School, the character of any candidate is not good, such head shall nevertheless forward the application of the candidate to the Board, after endorsing thereon the reasons for forming such opinion, with the instances (if any) in support thereof. All such applications shall be considered by the Executive council, which shall, on merit of each case decide whether the candidate be permitted to appear at the examination or not, and the decision of the Executive Council shall be final. 3) An ex-student joining a Secondary School shall lose all the rights of an ex- student, except of the right of exemption or exemptions previously earned and shall be required to satisfy the Head of the Secondary School he has joined as regards character, but not attendance. Where, in the opinion of such Head, the character of any candidate is not good, he shall nevertheless forward the application of the candidate to the Board, after endorsing thereon the reasons for forming such opinion, with the instances (if any) in support thereof. All such applications shall be considered by the Executive Council which shall, on merits of each case, decide whether the candidate be permitted to appear at the examination or not and the decision to appear at the examination or not and the decision of that Executive Council shall be final. 4) The Head of the Secondary School may charge a fee of Rs. 2/- from every ex- student wishing to have his application forwarded for permission to appear at the examination under this Rule.