Section 21, The Education Act, 2004

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known asthe Board of Education. (2) The Board shall consist of a Chairman, and the following twenty five other members who shall include persons who have had experience of the system of education within and outside Sierra Leone:– (a) the Director-General (Education) (b) the Chairman, Basic Education Commission; (c) Vice-Chancellor of a university in Sierra Leone; (d) the Financial Secretary; (e) the Establishment Secretary; (f) the Development Secretary; (g) the Co-ordinator, Partners in Adult Education of Secondary Schools; (h) the Chairman, National Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools; (i) the Chairman, Council of Head Teachers; (j) the Representative of the Council of Paramount Chiefs; (k) the Chairman, NCTVA. Offence of operating school contrary to notice to remedy. of Board of Education. Notice to remedy defects. (l) the Head of the National Office, West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Freetown; (m) the Representative, Association of Private Schools; (n) the President, Sierra Leone Association of Journalists; (o) the President, Sierra Leone Bar Association; (p) the Representative of Principals of Polytechnics and Teachers Training Colleges; (q) the Secretary-General, Council of Churches in Sierra Leone; (r) the Secretary-General, Sierra Leone Muslim Congress; (s) the President, Employers Federation; (t) the President, Sierra Leone Teachers Union; (u) the Chairman, Conference of Principals of Technical and Vocational Institutions; (v) the Chairman, Tertiary Education Commission; (w) the Representative, National Science and Technology Council. (3) The Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Education shall serve as Secretary to the Board. (4) Members of the Board of Education shall hold office for three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment to one further term of three years. (5) The Chairman or any member of the Board of Education may resign his office by notice to the Minister and may be removed from office by the Minister for inability to discharge the functions of his office, whether arising from infirmity of mind or body or any other cause, or for misconduct.