Section 21, The Education Short title

(I) If in the opinion of the Director it is in the interestsof any Government school or group of Government schools that a School Committee should be established therefor, or if the Director receives a requisition in writing signed by not less than one-half of the parents of the children attending such school or group of schools for a School Committee to be established, he shall make a recommendation in that behalf to the Minister, who shall appoint a School Committee for such school or group of {2) A School Committee established under sub-section (I) of this section shall not consist of less than three or more than nine members, as the Director shall think fit : Provided that in the case of a Government school established to meet the educational requirements of Sierra Leone as a whole and not of any particular locality, the constitution of a School Committee for such school shall be as the Minister may direct. {3) The Chairman of a School Committee established under sub-section {I) of this section shall be elected by the members thereof from among their number, and shall hold office for one year from the date of election but shall be eligible for re-election.