Section 8: Establishment of the academic board

(1) There is established for the College the Academic Board which shall consist of -
(a) the Rector of the College, as the Chairman;
(b) the Deputy Rector of the College as the Vice Chairman;
(c) all Deans and Academic Directors;
(d) the College Librarian;
(e) all Chief Instructors or Lecturers;
(f) not more than two members of the academic staff who are not members of the Academic Board, not below the rank of principal instructor or lecturer elected from among its members, and such members shall serve for a non-renewable term of three years;
(g) all Heads of Academic Departments and Units;
(h) the Registrar who shall be the secretary to the Board; and
(i) the Academic Secretary who shall be the assistant secretary.
(2) The Registrar and Academic Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board unless excused for good reasons by the Chairman of the Board.
(3) The Academic Board shall be responsible for -
(a) the direction and management of academic matters of the College including the regulation of admission of students, the award of certificates, diplomas, degrees, scholarships, prizes and any other academic distinction;
(b) making periodic reports to the Council on such academic matters as the Academic Board may deem fit or as the Council may direct; and
(c) the discharge of any other functions which the Council may delegate to it.