Cap. 25:27 Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education Act No. 1/2006 (11) The Chief Executive Officer shall not take part in the discussion of, and shall not vote on, any question before the Council which involves his or her tenure of office or conditions of service. (12) Any proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a majority of them shall have the same effect as a resolution passed by a duly constituted meeting of the Council and shall be incorporated into the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Council: Provided that, if a member requires that such a proposal be placed before a meeting of the Council, this subparagraph shall not apply to the proposal. Committees of Council 7.(1) For the better exercise of its functions, the Council may establish one or more committees in which the Council may vest such of its functions as it considers appropriate: Provided that the vesting of any function in a committee shall not divest the Council of that function, and the Council may amend or rescind any decision of the committee in the exercise of that function. (2) On the establishment of a committee in terms of subparagraph (1), the Council(a) shall appoint at least one member of the Council as a member of the committee, and that member or one of those members, as the case may be, shall be chairperson of the committee; and (b) may appoint as members of the committee, on such terms and conditions as the Council may fix, co-opted persons who are not members of the Council. (3) Meetings of a committee may be convened at any time and at any place by the chairperson of the Council or the chairperson of the committee. (4) Subject to paragraphs 10 and 11, the procedure to be followed at any meeting of a committee and the quorum at any such meeting shall be as fixed by the Council. (5) The Council shall appoint the following committees(a) the Executive Committee of Council which shall be the principal committee of the Council and consisting of(i) the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Council, who shall be the chairperson and vice-chairperson respectively; (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of Council; (iii) the chairperson of the Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee; and (iv) one member appointed by Council from among the nine members appointed into Council in accordance with section 7(1)(c); (b) the Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee whose chairperson shall be a Vice-Chancellor or former Vice-Chancellor shall(i) promote institutional quality assurance standards in higher education; (ii) audit the institutional quality assurance systems in higher education; (iii) pay special attention to quality assurance as it relates to the relevance of programmes offered by institutions of higher education, financial resources - 20 -