Section 7: Establishment and functions of the State Primary Education Board

(1) There is hereby established for each State, a State Primary Education Board (in this Act referred to as "the Education Board") which shall be charged with the following functions-
(a) management of primary schools in the State;
(b) recruitment, appointment, promotion and discipline of teaching and non-teaching staff on grade level 07 and above;
(c) posting and deployment of staff including inter-State transfer;
(d) disbursement of funds provided to it from both Federal and State sources;
(e) setting up an effective functional supervisory unit;
(f) retirement and re-absorption of teachers;
(g) undertaking new capital projects;
(h) responsibility for the approval, training and retraining of teaching and non-teaching staff;
(i) assessment and funding of salaries and allowances of teaching and non-teaching staff based on the scheme of service drawn up by the State Government;
(j) ensuring that annual reports are rendered by heads of schools on teachers appointed to serve under them;
(k) preparing testimonials and certificates of service for teaching and non-teaching staff whenever necessary;
(l) dealing with leave matters including annual vacation;
(m) ensuring annual auditing of accounts; and
(n) performing such other functions as may be assigned to the Board by the Commissioner for Education or the Commission.
(2) Each Education Board shall establish and maintain a separate account into which has to be paid and credited all payment made to it from the Federal or State Governments or any other source.
(3) There shall be disbursed from the fund all expenses relating to the management of primary education in the State.