Uttarakhand Sanskrit Education Act, 2014
No: 21 Dated: Jun, 24 2014
THE UTTARAKHAND SANSKRIT EDUCATION ACT, 2014
[UTTARAKHAND ACT NO. 21 OF 2014]
WHEREAS, it is expedient to establish a Board to regulate and supervise the system and process of Sanskrit Education, Teacher Education and Departmental Training within the unified structure of Elementary and Secondary Education in Uttrakhand, and to prescribe curriculum therefore
It is Hereby enacted by the Uttrakhand State Assembly in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
PART-1
PRELIMINAY
1. Short title, Extant and Commencement:- (a) This Act may be called the Uttarakhand Sanskrit Education Act, 2014.
(b) It shall come into force at once.
(c) It extends to the whole of the Uttrakhand State.
2. Definition:- In this Act, unless there is repugnant in the subject or contend -
(a) “State Government” means the Government of Uttrakhand;
(b) “Board” means the Board of Sanskrit Education, Uttrakhand;
(c) “Director” means the Director of Sanskrit Education, Uttrkahand;
(d) “Chairman” means the Chairman Board of Sanskrit Education, Uttrakhand;
(e) “Directorate” means the Directorate of Sanskrit Education, Uttrakhand;
(f) “Joint Director” means the Joint Director of the Sanskrit Education, Uttrakhand;
(g) “Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of Sanskrit Education, Uttrakhand;
(h) “Secretary” means the secretary Board of Sanskrit Education, Uttrakhand;
(i) “Deputy Secretary” means the Deputy Secretary Board of Sanskrit Education, Uttrakhand;
(j) “Assistant Director of Education” means the District Assistant Director of Sanskrit Education;
(k) “Member of Board” means the member of Board of Sanskrit Education, Uttrakhand;
(l) “Institution” means a recognized Sanskrit Uttarmadhyama (Intermediate College), Poorvamadhyama (High School) Prathma, (Junior High School) and Sanskrit Prathmik Vidyalaya (Primary School);
(m) “Added Institution” means the institution that provided grant by State Government;
(n) ‘School” means the Sanskrit education of board approved Government Sanskrit school, under Government Sanskrit school, non Government Sanskrit school, self finance Sanskrit school;
(o) “Uttarmadhyama” means intermediate (class 11-12), “Poorvamadhyama” means High School (class 9-10), Prathama means Junior High School (class 6-8) and Prathamik means primary school (class 1-5);
(p) “Head of Institution” means the principal, as it is Sanskrit Intermediate College, (Uttarmadhyama) Headmaster of Poorvamadhyama, Prathma and Sanskrit Primary school;
(q) “Teacher” of an institution receiving Maintenance grant from the State funds means a Principal, Headmaster or other teacher in respect of whose employment maintenance grant is paid by the State Government to the institution and includes any other teacher employed according to rules in fulfillment of the conditions of recognition of the institution or as a result of the opening with the approval of the District Sanskrit Education Officer of a new section in an existing class;
(r) “Employee” of an institution receiving maintenance grant from State funds means a non-teaching employee in respect of whose employ maintenance grant is paid by the State Government to the Institution;