Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Act, 1973
No: 29 Dated: Jun, 24 1974
Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Act, 1973
(Tamil Nadu Act 29 of 1974)
An Act to provide for the regulation of recognised private schools in the State of Tamil Nadu.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent, application and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Act, 1973.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It applies to all private schools.
(4) It shall come into force on such [date] as the Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -
(1) "academic year" means the year commencing on the First day of January or June;
(2) "competent authority" means any authority, officer or person authorised by the Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the competent authority under this Act for such area or in relation to such class of private schools, as may be specified in the notification;
(3) "educational agency" in relation to -
(a) any minority school, means any person who, or body of persons which, has established and is administering or proposes to establish and administer such minority school; and
(b) any other private school, means any person or body of persons permitted or deemed to be permitted under this Act to establish and maintain such other private school;
(4) "Government" means the State Government;
(5) "grant" means any sum of money paid as aid out of State Funds to any private school;
(6) "minority school" means a private school or its choice established and administered, [xxx] by any such minority whether based on religion or language as has the right to do so under clause (1) of Article 30 of the Constitution;
[(7) "private school" means a pre-primary, primary, middle or high school or higher secondary school or teacher training institution imparting education or training, whether receiving grant from the Government or not; established and administered or maintained by any person or body of persons, and recognised by the competent authority under this Act but does not include a school or an institution -
(a) imparting technical or professional education;
(b) established and administered or maintained by the Central Government or the State Government or any local authority;
(c) maintained or approved by, or affiliated to, any University established by law; or
(d) giving, providing or imparting religious instruction alone, but not any other instruction.]
(8) "school committee", in relation to a private school, means' the school committee constituted under section 15;
(9) "secretary", in relation to a private school, means the secretary referred to in section 16;
(10) "Tribunal" means a Tribunal constituted under section 42 and having jurisdiction.
CHAPTER II
Establishment, Permission for Establishment and Management of Private Schools
3. Power of Government to regulate school education. - The Government may regulate the different stages of education and courses of instruction in private schools.
4. New private school to obtain permission. - Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no person shall, without the permission of the competent authority and except in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in such permission, establish on or after the date of the commencement of this Act, any private school.