Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education (Amendment) Act, 2011

No: 11 Dated: Jul, 07 2011

Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education Act, 2010

Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education (Amendment) Act, 2011

Bill No. 11 of 2011

    A Bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education Act, 2010.

    BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixty–second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education (Amendment) Act, 2011.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 22nd day of May 2011.

2. Amendment of section 3:- For section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education Act, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“3. Schools to follow common syllabus.—

(1) Every school in the State shall follow the common syllabus as may be specified by the Board for each subject in Standards I to X from such academic year as may be notified by the Government in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. The Government may specify different academic years for different Standards.

(2) Until notification under sub-section (1) is issued, the syllabus and text books for every school in the State shall be as follows:—

(a) in Standards I and VI, the system as prevailing prior to academic year 2010-11 shall continue; and

(b) in Standards II to V and VII to X, the existing system shall continue.”.

3. Omission of section 11:- Section 11 of the principal Act shall be omitted.

4. Omission of section 12:- Section 12 of the principal Act shall be omitted.

5. Omission of section 14:- Section 14 of the principal Act shall be omitted.