West Bengal Secondary Education Act, 1950
No: 37 Dated: May, 18 1950
THE WEST BENGAL SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, 1950
West Bengal Act XXXVII of 1950
An Act to provide for the regulation, control and development of Secondary Education in West Bengal.
Preamble:- Whereas it is expedient to provide for the regulation, control and development of Secondary Education in West Bengal;
It is hereby enacted as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Secondary Education Act, 1950.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(a) "Board" means the Board of Secondary Education established under this Act ;
(b) "by-law" means a by-law made by the Board under this Act;
(c) "Education Department" means the Department of Education of the State Government;
(d) "Education Directorate" means the Directorate of Education of the State Government;
(e) "Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the Board constituted under this Act;
(f) "Headmaster" means the head of the teaching staff of a High School, by whatsoever name he may be designated;
(g) "Headmistress" means the head of the teaching staff of a High School for girls, by whatsoever name she may be designated ;
(h) "High School" means a school or department of a school giving instruction in Secondary Education;
(i) "Managing Committee" used in reference to High Schools or other educational institutions includes the Governors or the Governing Body of such High Schools or educational institutions ;
(j) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(k) "President" means the President of the Board;
(l) "Primary Education" means education imparted in a Primary School as defined in any Bengal Act or West Bengal Act or education equivalent thereto;
(m) "recognised", with its grammatical variations, used with reference to schools, means recognised by the Executive Council, under section 37, or, prior to the first meeting of the Executive Council, by any of the two following authorities, namely : —
(i) the University of Calcutta,
(ii) the Education Department, whichever is appropriate in the particular case;
(n) "regulation" means a regulation made by the Board under this Act;
(o) "rule" means a rule made by the State Government under this Act ;
(p) "Secondary Education" means education suitable to the requirements of all pupils who have completed Primary Education and have not qualified for admission to a certificate, diploma or degree course instituted by a University or by Government, and includes—
(i) general education,
(ii) technical education,
(iii) industrial education,
(iv) agricultural education,
(v) commercial education,
(vi) education for the physically handicapped,
(vii) education of the mentally retarded and defectives,
(viii) education in Reformatory schools and jails, and
(ix) such other types of vocational and special education as the State Government may with the concurrence of the Board direct :
Provided that the State Government may with the concurrence of the Board by notification declare any of the types of education referred to in sub-clauses (ii) to (ix) not to be Secondary Education for the purposes of this Act, and may in like manner cancel any such declaration