In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(1) 'Act' means, the Karnataka Education Act, 1983 (Karnataka Act 1 of 1995);
(2) 'Aided College' means, a recognised private Pre-University college or a Pre- University college run by a local authority getting grant-in-aid partly or wholly from the Government;
(3) 'Department' means the Department of Pre-University Education in Karnataka;
(4) ‘Director`, 'Joint Director', 'Deputy Director' and 'Assistant Director’ shall mean respectively the 'Director of Pre-University Education in Karnataka', 'Joint Director of Pre- University Education', 'Deputy Director of Pre-University Education' and 'Assistant Director of Pre-University Education';
(5) 'Form' means a Form appended to these rules;
(6) ‘Government Pre-University college’ means a college established, and administered or maintained by the State Government, but does not include a private college whose management has been taken over for a limited period for the purpose of better management;
(7) ‘Inspection Committee’ means a committee comprising of the Senior most Principal of Government Pre-University College, who shall act as the chairperson and a Senior Principal of an aided College nominated by Deputy Director of whom one shall belong to Science faculty;
(8) ‘Optional subjects’ means any combination of four subjects specified in Schedule-I;
(9) "Pre-University College" means recognised college or an educational institution imparting education for students who are appearing for I year and II year Pre-University examination conducted by the Department of Pre-University Education;
(10) ‘Private Un-aided Pre-University College' means a recognised Pre-University College run by a private managing committee, which does not get grant-in-aid partly or wholly from the State Government;
(11) "Private aided Pre-University College” means a recognised Pre-University College run by a private managing committee which gets grant-in-aid partly or wholly from the State Government;
(12) "Schedule" means Schedule appended to these rules;
(13) 'Section' means, unless it refers specifically to a section in a college, a section of the Act;
(14) ‘Student strength’ means the aggregate of the number of students who would have actually appeared and written the II Pre-University examination in a subject in a college in the three consecutive annual examinations proceeding the relevant year, increased by ten percent:
Provided that the ‘student strength’ in the first year Pre-University Class of admission in a new college shall be computed by actual head count of the students who have produced their SSLC or 10th standard pass certificates and transfer certificates and present during the working hours in a class room when such head count is taken;
(15) ‘Subject’ means a subject of study specified in Schedule-II and taught in a Pre- University college in accordance with the syllabus as may be specified by the department by notification.
CHPATER II Classification and procedure for Establishment of Private Pre-University Colleges.