Inter Boards Coordination Commission (IBCC)

INTER BOARDS
COORDINATION COMMISSION

BOG OF IBCC

1. COMPOSITION OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS

     Secretariat of IBCC shall operate through BoG, as a controlling body with the following composition, namely:-

  • the secretary of the division concerned shall be the Chairman of BoG and in his absence, the executive director shall preside over the meeting of BoG;
  • the executive director IBCC shall also be the member of the BoG;
  • the provincial or area government education secretary of secondary or higher secondary education or his nominee shall be the members of BoG;
  • any officer nominated by the division concerned not below the rank of deputy secretary;
  • any eminent professor nominated by a public sector university;
  • an eminent educationist from the private or public sector to be nominated by the executive director;
  • Chairperson Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education shall be the member of BoG;
  • an eminent educationist closely connected with the examination and assessment system to be nominated by the executive director; and the director general shall be the secretary of BoG.

2. TERMS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

  • The member of BoG shall hold office for a term of three years extendable for only such one further term, except ex-officio members of the BoG.
  • A member shall, on the expiry of his term of office, be eligible for re-nomination or re-appointment subject to assent and on the recommendation of the Chairperson of BOG.

3. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

  • The meetings of the Board of Governors shall be held at least once in a year and also as and when required in such manner and at such place and time as may be prescribed.
  • No act or proceedings of the Board of Governors shall be invalid merely on the ground of the existence of a vacancy in or defect in the constitution of the Board of Governors.
  •  Quorum for meetings of the Board of Governors shall be one-third of the total members and a fraction may be counted as one, as and when any such situation arises.

4. FUNCTIONS OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS

  • The Board of Governors shall be the apex statutory body and shall exercise the following powers and functions, namely:-

    • exercise general supervision over affairs of IBCC, including administrative, secretarial, financial, accounts, and budgetary matters. Investment of savings of IBCC in accordance with the defined policy of the Government and as amended from time to time;
    • adopt agreed resolutions by the IBCC forum, provided such resolutions shall not be contrary to the provisions of this Act and legal instruments of member organizations or provisions of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
    • create, abolish, re-designate, down-grade or upgrade any post along with incumbents in view of the need of IBCC and to approve the appointment and promotion of employees from BPS-17 and above as recommended by the IBCC secretariat, assure legitimate service interests, career growth protection, and pensionary benefits of the employees as per their entitlement in accordance with Government policy;
    • pass or allow internal budget from earned sources of IBCC and ratify expenditures incurred with the approval or sanction of executive director IBCC or someone authorized on that behalf, which may be placed before the BoG annually; and
    • constitute such committees as may be required to address or determine any issue relating to administrative or financial and academic matters with assigning terms of reference to be carried out. The recommendations of administrative or financial issues shall finally be resolved by BoG and academic matters by the IBCC Forum.

    For the purposes of this Act, the Executive Director IBCC shall perform his functions as principal administrative and accounts officer in such manner as may be prescribed.

5. FUNCTIONS OF THE DIVISION CONCERNED

  • The division concerned being controlling authority shall get executed its policies through the IBCC forum or BoG as within their domain, with the following powers, namely: –

    • exercise general supervision over the affairs of IBCC and may obtain or ask for advice on any issue relating to and covered in the mandate of IBCC or its secretariat, BoG, or forum, as the case may be;
    • examine the budget proposal for the grant of appropriate allocation to IBCC, ensure maintenance of financial discipline, and audit of accounts of IBCC as per normal procedures of the Federal Government through the Auditor General of Pakistan.