(1) The educational agency of every private school other than a school following the syllabus prescribed by the State Board of School Education shall, after obtaining the certificate of recognition under sub-rule (7) of rule 8, apply to the respective Board for affiliation.
(2) The pattern and duration of courses, curriculum, syllabus, courses of instruction, examinations and pattern of evaluation shall be,-
(i) in relation to private schools, as may be specified by the respective Board by issue of orders, from time to time; and
(ii) in relation to teacher training institute, as specified by the National Council for Teacher Education.
(3) No private school or the teacher training institute shall deviate from the curriculum and the syllabus as prescribed by the respective Board or the National Council for Teacher Education, as the case may be, to which it is affiliated.