West Bengal State Council Of Vocational Education And Training Act, 2005
No: 7 Dated: Apr, 28 2005
THE WEST BENGAL STATE COUNCIL OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT, 2005
West Bengal Act VII of 2005
An Act to provide for the establishment of an autonomous State Council of Vocational Education and Training in West Bengal.
Whereas it is expedient to establish a State Council of Vocational Education and Training in West Bengal in order to develop the standard of vocational education and training in West Bengal and to make that standard at par with the standard prevailing at All-India Level, to implement programme of strengthening the vocational education and training, and to monitor the performance of the affiliated institutions;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education and Training Act, 2005.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "affiliated", in relation to an institution, means affiliated to the Council under this Act;
(b) "Council" means the West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education and Training established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of this Act;
(c) "Fund" means the West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education and Training Fund referred to in sub-section (1) of section 21;
(d) "Institution" means a Polytechnic Institute, Industrial Training Institute, Industrial Training Centre, School, etc. in which instruction is provided for courses of study in Vocational Education and Training leading to secondary and higher secondary courses of the Council;
(e) "member" means a member of the Council, and includes the President and the Secretary;
(f) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(h) "President" means the President of the Council;
(i) "recognised", in relation to an affiliated institution, means recognised by the West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education arid Training;
(j) "regulation" means a regulation made by the Council under this Act;
(k) "vocational education and training" means a systematic course of instruction and training in the field of engineering, technology, agriculture, dairy and poultry, para-medical, social science, applied arts and crafts or such other subject as the State Government, in consultation with the Council, may, by notification, declare;
(l) "vocational institution" means an educational institution in which instruction is provided for courses of study in the field of engineering, technology, agriculture, dairy and poultry, paramedical, social science, applied arts and crafts and such other subject leading to any pre or post vocational certificate, and includes such other institutions as the State Government, in consultation with the Council, may, by notification, declare as vocational institutions.
CHAPTER II
The Council
3. Establishment, incorporation and jurisdiction of Council. - (1) The State Government shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, establish a Council to be called the West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education and Training.
(2) The Council shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, to enter into contracts and to do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act, and shall by its name sue and be sued.
(3) The head office of the Council shall be located at Kolkata and the Council may, with the prior approval of the State Government, establish offices at any other places in West Bengal.
(4) On and after the commencement of this Act, the Council shall be solely authorised and responsible for conduct of vocational education and training at all levels in West Bengal.