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ACT V OF 2014 ACT V OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT, 2014. An Act to provide for the free and compulsory education in the Province of Balochistan. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 6th February, 2014] 4. Formation of Parent School Management Committee.---(1) The prescribed authority shall notify one or more committees of the school to be formed through democratic process of elections for the purpose of exercising the powers and performing the duties of the Parent Teacher School Management Committee under this Act. (2) The constitution and composition of the Management Committee, the procedure of the nomination and removal of is members, their term of office, their qualifications and disqualifications for continuing as a member, the filling of vacancies, the dissolution of the Committee and the procedure for the conduct of is business, shall be such as may be prescribed. (3) Subject to the provisions of the Act and the rules made here-under, the Management Committee shall exercise and discharge the following powers and functions:-- (a) to motivate parents and children to take admission in the school for spread of education in its area; (b) to recommend any changes which may seem, to the Management Committee, to be necessary in the hours of work, holidays and occasions in the schools in its area; (c) to plan and implement such schemes which may facilitate the children in the school including mid-day meal scheme etc; (d) to recommend to the authority exemptions from compulsory attendance at school under this Act; (e) to maintain and up date the list of children liable to attend the school in its area and to obtain and keep record of such other information as may be necessary for the purpose of enforcing the attendance of the children at school and of preventing interference with such attendance; (f) to report the cases of the absence or late attendance of school teachers and non-teaching staff posted in schools, in its area; (g) to render all necessary help to Government officials engaged in the work of compulsory Education in its area; (h) to facilitate the school and local area education management in looking after the day to day matters relating to developmental, academic and co-curricular activities; (i) to ensure maintenance of healthy educational environment which encourages the parent and child to attend the school and stay till completion of the specific level; (j) to take care of discipline and physical structures, other assets of the school and to carry out minor/petty repairs etc; (k) to sanction one day casual leave in favour of teacher of the school and make alternate arrangements in case the teacher is on leave; and (l) to open and operate a joint bank account for utilization of funds made available by the Government or from any other source for school's developmental activities.