(1) Any individual, association of individuals, Non-Govemment Organization, society or trust intending to establish and run a nongovernment educational institution and on given an undertaking to fulfil the requirements as laid down under section 10, may submit an application before the Director in such form containing such particulars and information as may be prescribed, for obtaining, prior permission for establishment and running of such institution. The undertaking shall be the part and pacel of the application form and shall be prescribed.
(2) On receipt of the application, the Director, after considering the particulars and information contained in the application under sub-section(1) and after making such enquiry as he may deem necessary, may, either grant or refuse to grant prior permission to the applicant for opening a non-government educational institution.
Provided that the Director may refuse to grant permission if he is of the opinion that the particulars and information furnished in the application do not fulfill the requirement as laid down in the Act and rules made thereunder for reasons to be recorded in writing.
(3) On refusal to grant permission under sub-section (2), the Director shall communicate the same to the applicant stating the reasons therefor.
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(4) In the event of refusal to grant permission under sub - section
(2), the aggrieved individual, association of individuals, Non-Government Organization, society or trust, may prefer an appeal before the State Governmentwhose decision thereon shall be final.
(5) The permission granted under sub-section (2) shall remain valid for a period of two years within which the applicant shall establish the institution and register the same before the Director.
(6) If for any reasons which the Director considers to be genuine after an application being made in this behalf by the applicant who has failed to establish the institution within the stipulated period of two years, the Director may grant extension of the time for a further period which shall not exceed one year in all, within which the applicant shall establish and register the institution.
5.(1) After establishment and registration of the non-government educational institution under sub-section(5) of section 4,the Authority shall make an application on payment of such fee and in the form and manner as may be prescribed before the Director for obtaining administrative recognition in respect of the institution.
(2) On receipt of the application for administrative recognition, the Director shall make or cause to be made such enquiry as may be considered necessary to ascertain as to whether the requirements as laid down under the Act and the rules made thereunder have been fulfilled or not and whether the School Authority has acted in accordance with the stipulations made in the undertaking referred to in section 4 or not and submit a report to the Administrative Recognition Committee constituted under section 7.
(3) The Administrative Recognition Committee, after considering the report and after examining such other information as may be considered necessary, may make recommendation in respect of the non-government educational institution for its administrativerecognition by the Director.
(4) If the Administrative Recognition Committee is of the view that the School Authority of an institution has failed to fulfil the requirements as laid down in the Act or the rules framed thereunder or any stipulations in the undertaking as referred to in section 4, no recognition shall be made to the institution for reasons to be recorded in writing.
(5) The Director shall issue order granting administrative recognition or refusing to grant such recognition to an applicant in accordance with the recommendation of the Administrative Recognition Committee.
(6) Any applicant, to whom the administrative recognition is refused may prefer an appeal before the State Government whose decision thereon shall be final.
(7) Any Transfer Certificates issued by the institutions which have not received administrative recognition under this section shall not be countersigned by the concerned authority of the Education Department of the State Government.
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Registration and 6 administrative recognition of the existing non-government educational institution.
(1) The existing non-government educational institutions shall submit application for registration of their institutions before the Director furnishing the full particulars and information and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed relating to the institution sought to be registered and shall also furnish the copies of Government permission or recognition, if any, previously obtained before academic recognition from the respective Board or Council as the case may be, within six months from the date of commencement of this Act,
(2) On examination and consideration of the application and the information furnished by the existing institutions under sub section (1), the Director shall provisionally register the existing institution pending such enquiry or inspection as may be prescribed, for final registration of the institution.
(3) Immediately after provisional registration of an existing institution, the Director shall make or cause to be made an enquiry or inspection of the respective institution and the existing institutions which have been found established and run with the permission or recognition from the State Government or Director possessing the requirements as laid down under section 10 and the rules made thereunder, shall be granted final registration.
(4) The existing institutions which have been established and run with or without the permission or recognition of the State Government or D irector w ithout having the minimum requirements as laid down under section 10 or the rules made thereunder, shall have to fulfil the requirements within a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act after which those institution shall be finally registered.
(5) The existing institutions which have been established or run without the permission or recognition of the State Government or Director and fulfilling the requirements as laid down under section 10 and the rules made thereunder shall apply for v obtaining administrative recognition from the Director within a
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(b) (<') period of six months from the date of commencement of this Act. After giving administrative recognition those institutions shall be finally registered by the Director.
The provisional registration and recognition etc. of the institutions which have failed to fulfil the requirements as laid down in the Act and the rules within the time frame stipulated in this section, shall be liable to be cancelled and the institutions shall be liable to be closed down under the provisions of this Act.
The Administrative Recognition Committee referred to under section 6 shall consist of the following:- In respect o f recognition o f institu tions imparting Secondary and Higher Secondary level of education:
Director, Secondary Education, Assam Joint Director. Secondary Education, Assam One State Government representative, not below the rank of Deputy Secretary, Secondary Education Denartment : Chairman.
: Member- Secretary.
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(d) One representative each from the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) and Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) : Member
(2) In respect of recognition of institutions imparting Primary and Middle level ofeducation:
(a) Director, Elementary Education, Assam
(b) Joint Director, Elementary Education, Assam
(c) One State Government representative not below the rank of Deputy Secretary, Elementary Education Department.
(d) One representative from the Board of Secondary Education, Assam(SEBA)
(e) One representative from the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), not below the rank of Joint Director Procedure for opening of higher classes Academic permission and recognition by the Board and the Council to be governed by their own regulations Requirements for establishment and administrative recognition of non government educational institutions : Chairman : Member- Secretary : Member : Member : Member 8 If any non-government educational institution to which permission and administrative recognition-has been granted to establish or run the institution to a certain level of class or education, intends to open new classes of higher level of education, shall do so by following the same procedure as are required for permission and administrative recognition under section 4 and 5, subject however to the fulfilment of the requirements under section 10.
9. Grant of prior permission and administrative recognition to establish and run an institution under sections 4 and 5 respectively, shall not cast any obligation on the State Government or the Director as the case may be, in respect of granting academic permission and recognition by the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) or the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) or any other Board, Council or Body under the State or Central Government or under any statute, which shall be governed by the respective rules and regulations of the concerned Board, Council, Body, as the case may be.
10. No non-govemment educational institution shall be established or run and no prior permission or administrative recognition to such institutions shall be granted unless the institution fulfils the following requirements, namely:-
(i). The institution shall possess,—
(a) not less than two bighas of land in one plot in case of rural areas, one bigha of land in one plot in case of urban areas,
2.5 katha of land in one plot in case of Hill urban areas and one bigha in one plot in case of Hill rural areas, in respect of establishment and running of Primary or Middle level institutions;
(b) not less than 2 bighas of land for single-storey building in urban areas, not less than 1 bigha in one plot for multi-storeyed building in urban areas, not less than 4 bighas in one plot in rural areas, in respect of establishment and running the High School, Higher Secondary School and junior college;
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Explanation: For the purpose of clause (i), the land includes a lease hold land for a period of twenty years or more.
(ii) Adequate number of class rooms, toilets and other facilities like library premises, reading room, laboratories etc. as may be prescribed, shall be provided by the institution on the land possessed by it under clause (i) above;
(iii) Institution shall follow approved courses and curriculum as provided in this Act;
(iv) The institution shall not run for profit to any individual, association of individuals, Non-Government Organisation, societies and trusts;
(v) Admission to the institution shall be open to all without any discriminations based on religion, caste, creed, race, or any of them;
(vi) The Managing Committee shall observe the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder;
(vii) The building or other structure in which the institution is carried on, its surroundings, furniture and equipment shall be adequate and suitable for an educational institution and, where there is any business premises in any part of the building in which such institution is run, the portion in which the institution is run adequately separated from such business premises;
(viii) The arrangements in the building or other structure and in the furnishings thereof shall meet adequately the requirements of health and hygiene;
(ix) The institution buildings or other structures or the grounds shall not be used during the day or night for commercial or residential purposes (except for the purpose of residence of any employee or students of the institution) or for communal, political or noneducational activity of any kind whatsoever;
(x) The accommodation shall be sufficient for the classes conducted in the institution;
(xi) There shall not be thoroughfare or public passage through any part of the institution premises;
(xii) Sanitary arrangements at institution shall be adequate and are kept in good order and a certificate from the Health Officer of the local authority having jurisdiction over the area in which the institution is located as to the health and sanitary conditions of the institution and its surroundings has been furnished, and will also be furnished as and when required by the Director;
(xiii) Arrangements shall be made for the supply of good drinking water to the students and suitable facilities shall be provided to enable them to take refreshments, lunch or the like;
(xiv) The institutions shall be so conducted as to promote discipline and orderly behaviour and to maintain a high moi al tone and ensure sufficient enrolment and maintain student teacher ratio as may be prescribed;
(xv) No teacher or student of the institution shall be compelled to attend a class in which reliaious instruction is aiven or take 94 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 20, 2007 Facilities to be provided by the non-government educational institution Constitution of the Managing Committee part in any religious activity. No teacher or student absenting himself from religious instruction or religious activity shall be made to suffer any disability on that account and no student shall be refused admission to the institution because of claiming exemption from attendance $t religious exercises or religious instruction by him or his parent or guardian;
(xvi) The institution shall be open to inspection by any of the following officers, namely:—
(a) any officer authorised by the Director;
(b) Director of Medical Services or Health Officer of the local authority concerned;
(c) The M edica l and H ea lth O ffice r au tho rised by the appropriate authority or the Director to examine the health of students or the sanitary conditions o f the institution and surroundings;
(xvii) the institution shall furnish such reports and information as may be required by the Director from time to time and comply with such instructions of the Director as may be issued to secure the continued fulfilment o f the condition of recognition or the removal o f deficiencies in the working of the institution;
(xviii) All records of the institution shall be open to inspection by any officer authorised by the State Government or the Director, as the case may be, at any time and the institution shall furnish such information as may be necessary to enable the State Government or the Director, as the case may be, to discharge their duties and functions in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder or any other law for the time being in force;
(xix) Every non-govemment educational institution shall make all endeavour to promote regional languages and cultural heritage of the State;
(xx) The institution shall provide adequate fire safety measures in the institution premises as may be required and as instructed by the concerning authority from time to time; and
(xxi) Such other requirements as may be prescribed not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
11 The non-govemment educational institutions shall provide such facilities for sports and physical education, library service, and other co-curricular activities, laboratory works, workshop practice etc. as may be prescribed.
12.(1) Every non-government educational institution shall constitute a Managing Committee consisting of the following, namely:-
(a) The Chairman or the President or the Principal managing agent of the society or trust or theassociation of individuals or the person or individual establishing the non-government educational institution, shall be the Chairman of the Managing Committee; : Chairman
(b) Head Master, the Principal of the institution, asthe case may be : Member.
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(c) ; wo representatives to be elected or selected by the Guardians from amongst themselves in a meeting to be convened by the School Authority in this behalf
(d) Two Teachers/Lecturers of the institution elected or selected from amongst themselves : Members : Members
(e) Any person who shall be educationist of the locality : Members
(f) Two members to be nominated or elected by the society or trust or association of individuals society or trust or association of individuals or the individual establishing and running the institution out of which one shall be chosen as the Member Secretary. : Member/ Member Secretary Powers and functions of the Managing Committee
(2) The term of the Managing Committee shall be for a period of two years.
(3) If, for any reasons whatsoever, any vacancy of members occur during the term of the existing Managing Committee, it shall be filled up in the like manner as is applicable at the time of constitution of the Managing Committee.
(4) If any member expressly desires in writing not to continue as a member in the Managing Committee or abstains himself in three consecutive meetings of the Managing Committee, such member ceases to be a member of the Managing Committee from the date of receipt of the communication by the School Authority or such abstention, as the case may be.
(5) The members shall be entitled to such TA. and DA for attending meetings of the Managing Committee from the School Authority as may be prescribed.
13.(1) The Managing Committee shall have control over the appointment of the employees,disciplinary action against the employees and overall administrative control of the affairs of the institution.
(2) The Managing Committee shall not conduct the affairs of the institution in such a way which may adversely affect the interest of the institution.
Scheme of Management
14.(1) The Managing Com m ittee shall fram e a Scheme of Management for the institution containing the salary structures and other conditions of service of the employees and the fee structures in all levels of education amongst other things, as may be prescribed and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder and shall submit the same to the Director for consideration,acceptance and record.
(2) No levy of any kind of fee shall be made or imposed by the institution in excess of the fees as fixed in the Scheme of Management, except with the prior approval of the Director.
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(4) The Scheme o f M anagem ent shall provide educational qualification for the teaching staff of the institutions which shall conform to the qua lifica tions as fixed in respect o f the Government or provincialised Primary, Middle, Secondary or Higher Secondary level of education, as the case may be.
(5) In no case, the Managing Committee or School Authority or any person involved in the management of the institution shall violate the provisions of the Scheme of Management.