Duties and powers of the board of governors

  

Date Posted: 11/14/2012 4:30:44 PM

Posted By: jullieflavia  Membership Level: Gold  Total Points: 2188

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Board of governor is an organization whose members are constitutionally nominated according to the Kenya Education Act. The member team is established through the ministry of education to maintain the secondary schools. At least in each and every school, it is expected that the Board of Governors performs some duties for the school and the school setup. Some of the duties of the board therefore include;

a) Ensuring that personnel employed by the Board are all paid in time and as indicated.
b) Providing adequate building and accommodation for all students and ensuring that these facilities are kept in good conditions.
c) Ensuring that fees are paid, buildings maintained and ethics observed in accordance with the recommendation of the head teacher.
d) Recruiting non teaching and subordinates staff members with the final approval of the ministry.
e) Ensuring that financial records are properly kept in schools.
f) Ensuring that proper standards of conduct are maintained in the school.
g) Ensuring good discipline in school is maintained, for example, the board is to decide on the suspension of indiscipline student and subordinate staff members.

The board of governor is also charged with powers that they have over certain activities the school and outside school. Some of these powers include:
a) They may provide additional services to the school, for example, they may employ a school nurse.
b) They may approve the purchase of additional textbooks and other supplies, for example, the purchase of computers.
c) Provide financial support for school activities such as festivals, and they may also grant scholarships to students.
d) They may recommend to the Ministry the expulsion of indiscipline students and subordinate staff members.
e) They may hire and dismiss subordinate staff members.
The Chairman who is appointed by the Minister of education with recommendation by the sponsoring agencies serves or holds office for three years. The head teacher is the Board secretary.

The powers of the Board have duties to

perform as well as powers to exercise, however, they can exercise these powers only to a certain limitation like;
1) Their funds are limited.
2) Most members are not qualified administrators, many lack the abilities to initiate or influence development in schools.
3) Some members have little idea of how a school should be run and what problems inhibit performance in school activities.
4) Some other members of the Board show little or no interest in the schools.

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