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11[(1) The School Management Committee in respect of a school located in rural area, shall consist of seven members of whom there shall be four parents of the children enrolled in the school to be nominated as prescribed in the rules. The concerned Ward Member of the area in which the school is located shall be the ex-officio member and the Headmaster or where there is no Headmaster, the senior most teacher of the school shall be the Member-Convenor of the Committee. Of the four parent members, there shall be at least two women and one person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or Backward Class or Minority Community. The Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat shall be the ex-officio Chairperson of the Committee. (1A) In respect of a school located in a municipality or Municipal Corporation area, the School Management Committee shall consist of seven members of whom there shall be five parents of the children enrolled in the school to be nominated as prescribed in the rules and the Headmaster or where there is no Headmaster, the senior most teacher of the school shall be Member-Convener of the Committee. Of the five parent members there shall be at least two women, one person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or Backward Class or Minority Community. The concerned councillor of the area in which the school is located shall be the ex-officio Chairperson of the Committee.] (2) All decisions shall be taken by a majority of the members of the Committee present and voting. (3) The functions of the *[School Management Committee] shall include the following,-