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Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board Act 2003 s 11

s 11 Functions and duties of Board

11.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the functions and duties of the Board are —(a) to develop and devise national examinations which would support and promote the goals and objectives of Singapore’s education system; (b) to organise and conduct the national examinations; (c) to serve as the examining authority for any of the national examinations or such modules or components of any of the national examinations as the Board may, in consultation with the Minister, determine; (d) to publish and disseminate information on matters relating to the functions and duties of the Board; and (e) to carry out such other functions and duties as are imposed upon the Board under this Act or any other written law. (2) In addition to the functions and duties imposed under subsection (1), the Board may —(a) on terms that may be mutually agreed upon —(i) organise and conduct any assessment for or on behalf of the Government or any other person or body in Singapore or elsewhere and serve as the examining authority for the assessment; and (ii) provide advisory and consultancy services and training to the Government or any other person or body in Singapore or elsewhere on matters relating to the national examinations and assessments generally; and (b) undertake any other functions assigned by the Minister to the Board, and in so doing, the Board is deemed to be fulfilling the purposes of this Act, and the provisions of this Act apply to the Board in respect of those functions. (3) Nothing in this section is to be construed as imposing on the Board, directly or indirectly, any form of duty or liability enforceable by proceedings before any court to which it would not otherwise be subject.

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