Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)Schedule 1 : Standard College StatuteAcademic Board15. Functions of academic board |
| (1) | Subject to the Act, the academic board of the college— |
| (a) | is accountable to the council for— |
| (i) | all the teaching, learning, research and academic functions of the college; |
| (ii) | the academic functions of the college and the promotion of the participation of women and the disabled in its learning programmes; |
| (iii) | establishing internal academic monitoring and quality promotion mechanisms; |
| (iv) | ensuring that the requirements of accreditation to provide learning against standards and qualifications registered in the National Qualifications Framework are met; and |
| (v) | performing such other functions as may be delegated or assigned to it by the council; |
| (b) | must— |
| (i) | advise the council on a code of conduct and rules concerning students; |
| (ii) | determine, in accordance with any relevant deed or gift and after consultation with the principal, the conditions applicable to any scholarships and other academic prizes; |
| (iii) | determine the persons to whom scholarships and academic prizes are awarded; |
| (iv) | determine the functions of its committees as well as the procedure of meetings of these committees; and |
| (v) | take note of any action taken by a committee in exercising its delegated powers or functions when such committee reports its actions to the next meeting of the academic board; and |
| (c) | may— |
| (i) | establish committees to perform any of its functions, and may for this purpose deem a single person to be a committee; |
| (ii) | make standing orders on procedures and delegation of powers; and |
| (iii) | delegate its functions to a committee. |
| (2) | Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1) the organisation and supervision of instruction and examinations, and of lectures and classes, vest in the academic board. |
| (3) | The academic board submits to the council— |
| (a) | such reports upon its work as may be required by the council; |
| (b) | recommendations on matters referred to it by the council; and |
| (c) | recommendations on any other matter affecting the college that the academic board considers useful. |