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Section 59 of The Basic Education Act 2013: Functions of the Board of management

    

The functions of the Board of Management of a basic education institution shall be to-
(a) promote the best interests of the institution and ensure its development;
(b) promote quality education for all pupils in accordance with the standards set under this Act or any other written law;
(c) ensure and assure the provision of proper and adequate physical facilities for the institution;
(d) manage the institution’s affairs in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the occupational safety and health;
(e) advise the County Education Board on the staffing needs of the institution;
(f) determine cases of pupils’ discipline and make reports to the County Education Board;
(g) prepare a comprehensive termly report on all areas of its mandate and submit the report to the County Education Board;
(h) facilitate and ensure the provision of guidance and counselling to all learners;
(i) provide for the welfare and observe the human rights and ensure safety of the pupils, teachers and non teaching staff at the institution;
(j) encourage a culture of dialogue and participatory democratic governance at the institution;
(k) promote the spirit of cohesion, integration, peace, tolerance, inclusion, elimination of hate speech, and elimination of tribalism at the institution;
(l) encourage the learners, teachers and non teaching staff and other, parents and the community, and other stakeholders to render voluntary services to
the institution;
(m) allow reasonable use of the facilities of the institution for community, social and other lawful purposes, subject to such reasonable and equitable
conditions as it may determine including the charging of a fee;
(n) administer and manage the resources of the institution;
(o) receive, collect and account for any funds accruing to the institution;
(p) recruit, employ and remunerate such number of non-teaching staff as may be required by the institution in accordance with this Act; and
(q) perform any other function to facilitate the implementation of its functions under this Act or any other written law.

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