(1) Every private school shall be governed by the instructions or the guidelines issued by the Government or the Director in respect of all matters pertaining to admission of a pupil in an academic year in the school.
(2) Every private school not being a minority school shall be governed by the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Central Act 35 of 2009)(hereinafter referred to as “Central Act 35 of 2009”)and the rules made thereunder for the purpose of providing free and compulsory elementary education to the pupils upto standard VIII.
(3) Every private school shall display on the notice board or host on the website, the details of the infrastructure available, staff strength, pupils strength, seats available for each standard – medium wise including seats for children belonging to disadvantaged group and weaker section as required under clause (c) of sub-section
(1) of section 12 of the Central Act 35 of 2009, fees fixed and other facilities available if any. The details so displayed shall be updated on the notice board and on the website by the private school one month before the commencement of every academic year.
(4) The minimum age for admission as on the 31st day of July of the year of admission shall be,-
(i) for Play School, completed two years of age;
(ii) for LKG, completed three years of age;
(iii) for UKG, completed four years of age;
(iv) for standard I, completed five years of age, and for standard II, completed six years of age and so on upto standard XII:
Provided that the District Educational Officer concerned may relax the minimum age upto six months and the Director concerned may relax upto twelve months under special circumstances.
(5) The minimum age for admission to the teacher training institute as on the 31st day of July of the year of admission shall be, completed seventeen years of age.
(6) The date of birth once entered in the school records based on the birth certificate of the child issued under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 (Central Act VI of 1886) or on the basis of the hospital or the Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM) register record cannot be altered at a later date under any circumstances:
Provided that the date of birth entered only on the basis of the declaration made by the parent or the guardian at the time of admission, shall be confirmed by the parent or the guardian before the child appears for the examination conducted by the respective Board.
(7) A pupil seeking admission in any of the standards in another recognized school shall be admitted at any time of the year based on the Transfer Certificate issued by the school in which he had last studied.
(8) No pupil shall be admitted into a class higher than that to which his Transfer Certificate or Certificate of Completion declares him fit.
(9) Admission in every private school shall be made without any discrimination of gender, disability, religion, race, caste, place of birth or language.
(10) Admission of pupils to the Higher Secondary course in a non-minority school shall be made by following the rule of reservation in force in the State.