2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant to the subject or the context, or otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meaning hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:-(a) “Board” means the Bangladesh Technical Education Board as established under this Act;(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;(c) “Controlling Authority” means the Controlling Authority of the Board as established under this Act;(d) “Technical Education” pertaining to the Board means- (i) Diploma Courses in Engineering or Technology; (ii) Diploma Courses in Technical Teacher Education; (iii) Diploma Courses in Commercial Teacher Education; (iv) Diploma Courses in Commercial Training; (v) Certificate Courses in Technical Teacher Education; (vi) Certificate Courses in Sub-Overseer, Survey Final and Aminship; (vii) Certificate Courses in various Trades and Crafts, and (viii) such other types of Technological, Commercial Trades and Crafts Courses as may be determined by the Board, subject to the approval of the Controlling Authority;(e) “Fund” means the Bangladesh Technical Education Fund as constituted under section 22 of the Act;(f) “Notification” means a Notification published in official Gazette;(g) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act;(h) “Regulation” means Regulations made by the Board under this Act;(i) “Polytechnic or Technical or Monotechnic Institute” means an Institute offering three-years post-Secondary Technical Education leading to a Diploma in Engineering/Technology/Commercial Training. It may also offer Certificate Courses, as prescribed, in the definition of Technical Education; (j) “Vocational Institute or School” means an Institution offering Certificate Courses in Trades and Crafts;(k) “Head of an Institution” means the Head of the teaching and administrative staff of an Institution offering Technical Education Courses, as defined in this Act, by whatever style he may be designated.