(4)Conduct of the Examination. - The examination will be conducted by the same Board (with modifications as specified below) which conducts the Departmental Examination for officers of the Education Department. In view of the large number of candidates that will be taking the Examination and in view of the special nature of the problems facing Headmaster/Principal of private schools Board will consist of seven members nominated by the Director, viz., one Regional Deputy Director of Education, one Head master of Zila School, one District Education Officer, one confirmed Headmaster/Principal of non-Government High/Higher Secondary School, Budget and Accounts Officer of the Education Department, one Gazetted Officer from the Basic Education Branch and one District Superintendent of Education. The other rules of the Examination will be the same as given in rule 819 of the Bihar Education Code, with the following additional rules :-(a)Every candidate (other than Government servants) shall be required to pay a fee of Rs. 5 every time he takes the examination.(b)Expenditure on travelling allowance of a Headmaster/Principal required to pass the examination should be borne either by the candidate himself, or by the Managing Committee or jointly by both.(c)In the examination there shall be some general questions on matters common to all categories with alternative questions on the particular problems of non-Government High/Higher Secondary Schools.(d)Exemption from the Examination may be granted by the Director in exceptional cases recommended by the District Education Officer and the Board of Secondary Education.(e)Since the examination is held every year in December, a statement of intending candidates should be submitted to the Board of Secondary Education by the District Education Officer who would appear at the ensuing examination from a particular centre latest by the 30th September each year. The names of the Assistant Masters who with to take examination should be submitted direct by the Headmasters/Principals concerned to the Secretary, Board of Secondary Education(f)All fees for examination should be deposited in the treasury under the head* "XXVI-Miscellaneous-Examination fee for appearing at the examination from Headmasters/Principals of private High schools"(g)There will be at least one additional general question on the recent circulars and new schemes promulgated by the State Government. This question will be common to all candidates appearing at the Examination. An attempt will be made to publish summaries of these circulars and schemes in the Bihar Educationist for the convenience of the candidates.
