Section 10: Establishment of the College management committee, school board and departmental board

(1) There is established for each College a management committee which shall consist of all the principal officers of the College.
(2) The Provost shall be the Chairman of the Management Committee.
(3) The Management Committee shall meet at least once in a month to discuss and take decisions on matters of general interest to the College, and its quorum shall be half of its members.
(4) There is a school board for each school in the Colleges, which shall consist of all academic staff in the school.
(5) The School Board shall deal with all academic matters and any other matter of interest to the school or any matter assigned to it by the Council, the Academic Board or the Provost.
(6) The Dean is the Chairman of the School Board, and its quorum shall be half of its members.
(7) The Dean shall be elected from among the academic staff, not below the rank of chief lecturer in that school, for a term of two years, and he may be elected for another term of two years and no more.
(8) There shall be a departmental board for each department in the Colleges which shall consist of all academic staff in that Department.
(9) The Departmental Board shall deal with all academic matters and any other matter of interest to the Department.
(10) The Head of Department shall be the Chairman of the Departmental Board, and the quorum shall be half of its members.
(11) The Head of Department shall be appointed from among the academic staff not below the rank of a principal lecturer in the Department for a term of two years and he may be elected for another term of two years and no more.
(12) If there is no qualified candidate for the position of Dean or Head of Department, the Provost shall appoint an acting dean, not below the rank of senior lecturer or acting head of department not below the rank of lecturer I, for a term of one year in the first instance and the term may be renewed only once.
(13) Nothing in the Act shall prevent the Management Committee, the Departmental Board and the School Board from making supplementary rules to guide their proceedings provided the rules are consistent with the provisions of this Act.