Punjab State Higher Education Council Act, 2018

No: 24 Dated: Oct, 08 2018

THE PUNJAB STATE HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL BILL, 2018

(Punjab Act No. 24 of 2018)

    An Act to establish and incorporate a Council to be known as the Punjab State Higher Education Council for planned and co-ordinated development of Higher Education in the State and for advising the State Government in the matters relating to Higher Education and to oversee its development with perspective planning and monitoring and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Punjab State Higher Education Council Act, 2018.

(2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) ‘Chairman’ means the Chairman of the Council;

(b) ‘College’ means an educational institution, affiliated to a University, imparting education beyond 10+2 level in any branch of study, but does not include Medical/Technical/Agriculture/Management/ Veterinary Colleges;

(c) 'Council’ means the Punjab State Higher Education Council constituted under section 3 of this Act;

(d) ‘degree’ means a degree in Arts, Science, Commerce, Fine-Arts, Law, or in any other subject recognized by a University including a Post-Graduate or a Research Degree, but does not include Engineering/Technical/Management/Agriculture/Veterinary degrees;

(e) ‘Fund’ means the Punjab State Higher Education Council Fund;

(f) ‘Government College’ means a college fully administered and maintained by the State Government, except Medical / Technical / Agriculture / Management / Veterinary Colleges;

(g) 'Higher Education' means the education beyond 10+2 system of study;

(h) ‘Institutions of Higher Education’ means all Universities, Government, Government Aided and Unaided Private Colleges and Constituent Colleges of Universities imparting education beyond 10+2 system in the State, but in the context of this Act, shall not include Medical / Technical/Agriculture/Management/Veterinary Educational Institutions;

(i) ‘Member-Secretary’ means the Member-Secretary of the Council;

(j) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(k) 'Private College' means a college which is run and administered by a private body not receiving any grant from the State Government;

(l) ‘Regulatory Bodies’ means the statutory bodies established by the Central or the State Government;

(m) ‘Search Committee’ means the Search Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 7 of this Act;

(n) 'State Government' means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Higher Education;

(o) 'University’ means a University established or incorporated by or under the Central Act or by an Act of the State Legislature; and

(p) ‘Vice-Chairman’ means the Vice-Chairman of the Council