The Higher Education Supervisory Board

ARTICLE 8

  1. The Higher Education Supervisory Board is a body, which, on behalf of the Council of Higher Education, supervises and controls the universities together with the units attached to them and teaching staff and their activities.
  2. The Higher Education Supervisory Board consists of:

  1. Five members holding the rank of professor, proposed by the Council of Higher Education,
  2. Three members to be selected and nominated by the Council of Higher Education from among nine candidates; of these the Supreme Court proposes three as do the Council of State and the Court of Accounts,
  3. Two further members, one to be selected by the Chief of the General Staff and the other by the Ministry of National Education.

The appointment of the members thus defined to the Higher Education Supervisory Board will be carried out according to current procedures.

The Chairperson of the Higher Education Supervisory Board is appointed from among board members by the President of the Council of Higher Education.

The term of the member selected by the Chief of the General Staff is two years; that of the other members is six years. The member selected by the Chief of the General Staff will be assumed to be on unpaid leave but all his/her other rights arising from personnel legislation are reserved. All other members’ relations with their institutions are discontinued. The age limit (for retirement) of board members is the same as that of teaching staff members.

One third of the members are renewed every two years, with the exception of the member selected by the Chief of the General Staff. Members whose term expires can be re-elected. Upon termination (irrespective of reason) of membership before the completion of the normal term, a new member with the same status is selected to complete the remaining term.

The salaries of the board members are fixed by the Council of Ministers so as not to exceed those of the members of the Council of Higher Education. Retired persons selected continue to receive their pensions.

The members of the Higher Education Supervisory Board are not allowed to work for any public or private organization, with or without pay, except in the case of exceptional temporary duties assigned by the Council of Ministers and by the Council of Higher Education. Any member who is absent from duty for a period of three months within a year for any reason other than temporary assignment and annual leave will be assumed to have left the Board.