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Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Establishment, Recognition, Administration and Control of Schools Under Private Managements) Rules, 1993
Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Establishment, Recognition, Administration and Control of Schools Under Private Managements) Rules, 1993
Sections
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 24. Criteria for Establishment of Schools.
Section 46. Application for permission for Establishment of New Schools or Up-gradation of Existing Schools.
Section 67. Scrutiny and Grant of Permission.
Section 78. Validity of Permission.
Section 89. Recognition.
Section 910. Conditions governing Permission/Recognition.
Section 1011. Withdrawal of Permission and/or Recognition.
Section 1112. Appointment of Staff.
Section 1213. Staff Selection Committee.
Section 1314. Admission of children to the schools.
Section 1415. Constitution of the Governing Body.
Section 1516. Functions of the Governing Body.
Section 1617. Criteria and Procedure for fixing salary structure for the Staff.
Section 1718. Criteria for fixing fee structure and allocation of revenue earned as fee.
Section 1819. Disciplinary Control.
Section 1920. Submission of Annual Administration Report by the Educational Agency.
Section 2021. Powers to relax Rules.
Section 21
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"content": "(a) Pre primary schools.\n(b) Primary Schools.\n(c) Upper Primary Schools.\n(d) Secondary Schools (High School).\n(e) Oriental Schools.\n(f) Hindi Pathasalas.\n(g) Sanskrit Pathasalas.\n(h) Hindi Vidyalayas.\n(i) Special Schools.",
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"content": "(a) \" Act \" means the Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982 (Act 1 of 1982);\n(b) \" Educational agency \" means the Society/Trust/Association including Endowment Board/Wakf Board and Christian Mission (Church/Diocess or congregation) and the like, sponsoring/managing/running the schools;\n(c) \" Form \" means the form as appended to these rules;\n(d) \" Locality \" means the area covered by a village with a population of two hundred or above in respect of rural areas, a ward in respect of Municipal areas;\n[(e) Competent Authority means the authorities specified in Rule 3 for deferent purposes mentioned therein, it includes the authority who is vested with the powers of granting permission or recognition or both to schools.]\n(f) \" Minority Educational Institution \" means any educational agency of which at least 2/3rd members belong to a religious/linguistic minority [and which has obtained minority status certificate from the Government] ;\n(g) \" School \" means all the categories of educational institutions mentioned under sub-rule (2) of rule 1;\n(h) \" Tribal locality \" means the localities notified as agency areas by the Government.\n[3. Competent Authorities.\nCategory of Schools\nCompetent Authority\n(1)\n(2)\n(1)(a) Pre-Primary, Primary and Upper Primary Schools\nDistrict Educational Officer\n(b) Oriental Schools, Hindi Pathasalas, Hindi Vidyalayas,\n\t\t\t\tSanskrit Pathasalas and Special Schools.\n(2) Secondary Schools.\n[Government]",
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"content": "(i) for pre-primary/primary schools, the village or an area having a population of 200 and above; and a radius of 1 km from the proposed location.\n(ii) for upper-primary school, the village or an area having a population of 200 and above; and a radius of 2 km from such village/Habitation. In urban areas, it shall be 2 kms from the proposed location.\n(iii) for High School, the village or an area having a population of 200 and above and a radius of 5 kms from such village/area. In urban areas, it shall be 5 kms from the proposed location.]\n[5. Requirements for Establishing of a New School or Up-gradation of the Existing School.\n(i) Pre-Primary School, Primary School, Upper Primary School, Oriental School, Hindi Pathasalas, Sanskrit Pathasalas, Hindi Vidyalayas, Special Schools..Rs. 25,000/\n(ii) Secondary Schools...Rs. 50,000/-",
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"title": "6. Application for permission for Establishment of New Schools or Up-gradation of Existing Schools.",
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"content": "(i) Before 30th Nov. of preceding academic year\nwith a late fee of Rs. 1,000/-\n(ii) Before 31st Dec. of preceding academic year\nwith a late fee of Rs. 2,500/-\n(iii) Before 31st Jan. of preceding academic year\nwith a late fee of Rs. 4,000/-\n(iv) Before 28th/29th Feb. of preceding academic year\nwith a late fee of Rs. 6,000/-\n(v) Before 31st March. of preceding academic year\nwith a late fee of Rs. 10,000/-\nNote: No application for establishment of a new school or for up-gradation of an existing school shall be accepted by the competent authority/Government after the 31st March of the preceding academic year.]\nNote:\n(a) A copy of the constitution and bye laws of the educational agency registered with the respective registration authorities together with the list of office bearers.\n(b) Evidence in support of payment of the following application fee to the concerned Head of account.\nCategory of School\nApplication fee\n(i)\nPre-Primary, primary Schools and Upper Primary Schools,\n\t\t\t\tOriental Schools (all classes in all languages), Hindi Pathasalas\n\t\t\t\t(All classes), Hindi Vidyalayas (all Classes), Sanskrit\n\t\t\t\tPathasalas, Special Schools.\nRs. 1,000\n(ii)\nSecondary Schools (High Schools)\nRs. 2,000\n[(c) Deposit by way of National Saving Certificate or Kisan Vikas Patras and pledge with the District Educational Officer concerned towards Endowment fund as prescribed in Rule 5(1).]\n(d) A sketch plan of the site indicating the proposed location of the school;\n(e) A plan of the building to evidence that the requirements indicated in rule 5 are satisfied;\n(f) Evidence of ownership of the land and building or lease of land or building as the case may be.",
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"title": "7. Scrutiny and Grant of Permission.",
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"title": "8. Validity of Permission.",
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"title": "9. Recognition.",
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"content": "(a) documentary evidence regarding the purchase of library books, laboratory equipment, sports material, furniture etc.\n(b) evidence of appointment of qualified staff as per staff pattern prescribed by competent authority from time to time;\n(c) evidence of providing sufficient accommodation as prescribed in rule 6.",
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"title": "11. Withdrawal of Permission and/or Recognition.",
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"content": "(a) President of educational agency or his nominee;\n(b) The Headmaster, who is ex-officio Correspondent/Secretary/Manager of the Institution;\n(c) Two subject experts, to be selected by the educational agency from the panel approved by the District Educational Officer Of these at least one should be the Headmaster of a recognized school.\n(d) An Officer of the Educational Department not below the rank of Deputy Educational Officer nominated by the District Educational Officer concerned.]",
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"title": "14. Admission of children to the schools.",
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"content": "(a) Successfully completed Vth Class from a recognised school; or\n(b) Successfully completed Phase I of Non- Formal Education; or\n(c) Successfully completed Class V or equivalent through open school system; or\n(d) has passed 6th Class entrance examination conducted by the District Educational Officer.\n(a) Successfully completed VII Class from a recognised school conducted by the District Educational Officer; or:\n(b) Completed successfully phase II of Non Formal Education; or\n(c) Successfully completed VII Class through open school system.\n(a) Successfully completed class 8th and 9th respectively from a recognised school; or\n(b) has successfully passed common examination conducted for VIII and IX Classes respectively by the District Educational Officer.",
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"number": "15",
"title": "15. Constitution of the Governing Body.",
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"content": "(i) President of the educational agency;\n(ii) Secretary/Correspondent/Manager of the educational agency;\n(iii) Head Master/Principal of the School;\n(iv) One Representative of teaching staff to be chosen from among themselves;\n(v) President of the Parent-teachers' Association constituted under the provisions of G.O.Ms.No. 246, Education, dated the 17th February, 1987;\n[(vi) Vice President of Parents teachers Association]\n(a) The first meeting shall be held within one week after the commencement of the academic year to take tentative decisions of fixing fee structure to be collected from the students of various classes within the maximum limits prescribed by the Government from time to time and the salary payable to staff appointed. [x x x] ;\n(b) The second meeting shall be held about one or two months after the last date fixed for the admission of students, by which time the financial position of the institution will be clear. In this meeting the decisions taken in the first meeting may be ratified or may be revised keeping in view the financial position of the Institution. The meeting will also pass resolutions advising the management on various academic and administrative matters for the improvement in the functioning of the Institutions;\n(c) The third meeting shall be held at any time before the end of February to ascertain how far the decisions taken in the 2nd meeting have been implemented and to advise the management on the corrective measures for the improvement in the functioning of the institution.",
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"content": "(b) to fix the salary structure for the staff keeping in view the financial position of the institution;\n(c) to fix the fee structure, i.e. the fee to be collected from the students for various classes keeping in view various expenses involved in the maintenance of the institution.",
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"number": "17",
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"number": "18",
"title": "18. Criteria for fixing fee structure and allocation of revenue earned as fee.",
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"content": "(a) Expenditure involving payment of salaries and other benefits to the staff:\n(b) Expenditure involving payment of rent for the building occupied by the institution and the upkeep of the building;\n(c) Expenditure involving electricity and water charges;\n(d) Expenditure involving office requirement like stationery, stamps etc.,\n(e) Expenditure involving class room needs like chalk, dusters etc;\n(f) Expenditure involving purchase of books for the library and chemicals and specimens for the laboratory;\n(g) Expenditure involving payments to the Auditors engaged for auditing the accounts;\n(h) Expenditure on contribution towards Education Cess;\n(i) Any other miscellaneous expenditure.\n(a) 5% of the fees collected shall be earmarked as personal income to the management;\n(b) 15% of the fees collected shall be utilised for the maintenance of the institutions towards expenditure involving the building rent, electricity and water charges, stationery etc. required for the office payment to be made to menials and auditors, purchase of library books, chemicals, specimens and other material required for the laboratory and expenditure involving the upkeep of the institution etc.,\n(c) 15% of the fees collected shall be earmarked for the developmental activities of the institution i.e. expenditure involving opening of additional courses, classes, sections and up-gradations of the institutions, construction of additional accommodations, acquiring costly equipment and furniture, purchase of land for the use of the institution and the like;\n(d) 50% of the fees collected shall be earmarked towards payment of salaries to the staff;\n(e) 15% of the fees collected shall be earmarked as management's contribution towards staff benefits like gratuity, teachers provident fund, Group Insurance Scheme etc.",
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"number": "19",
"title": "19. Disciplinary Control.",
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"content": "(a) No employee should be kept under suspension by the management except as provided in Section 79 of the Act.\n(b) An employee who is kept under suspension shall be paid subsistence allowance at one half of the salary drawn by him immediately before suspension plus allowances admissible on such salary;\n(c) An order of suspension may at any time be revoked by the next higher authority to the competent authority;\n(d) In addition to the penalties specified in sub section (1) of Section 79 of the Act the following penalties may also be imposed against any employee for negligence of duty, disobedience of orders, misconduct, violation of code of conduct or for other sufficient cause:\n(i) Fine,\n(ii) Censure,\n(iii) Withholding of increments or promotion,\n(iv) Reduction to a lower rank in seniority or reduction in the time scale of pay,\n(v) Recovery from pay the whole or part of the pecuniary losses caused to the Government or to the institutions by negligence or breach of orders;\n(e) No employee shall be dismissed, removed or reduced in rank by an authority subordinate to the management.\n(f) In every case where it is proposed to impose any of the penalties specified, the ground on which the action is proposed shall be reduced to the form of a definite charge or charges. The charges shall be communicated to the person charged together with statement of allegations and their basis and of any other circumstances leading to the charges.\n(g) After examination of the report of the Enquiry Officer or where no enquiry has been held on consideration of the statement of defence of the person charged and other circumstances of the case, the management shall issue a show cause notice of not less than two weeks to the charged officer enclosing the report of the Enquiry Officer. After considering the explanation the management may impose any of the penalties.\n(h) The above provisions shall not apply where the authority to impose the penalty is satisfied for reasons to be recorded in writing that it is not reasonably/practicable to hold an enquiry or to inform the employee in writing of the allegations or charges on which action is proposed to be taken or where it is proposed to impose the penalty on the ground of conduct which lead to his conviction on a criminal charge which involved moral turpitude. In such cases, the management shall obtain prior permission from the competent authority.",
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"number": "20",
"title": "20. Submission of Annual Administration Report by the Educational Agency.",
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"number": "21",
"title": "21. Powers to relax Rules.",
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"content": "Form I\nForm I\nApplication for Grant of Permission for Establishment of New Schools/Up-gradation of Existing Schools\nApplication for Grant of Permission for Establishment of New Schools/Up-gradation of Existing Schools\n1.\nName of the Educational agency proposing for opening of a\n\t\t\t\tschool\n:\n:\n(a) Address of the office of the educational agency\n:\n:\n(b) Registration particulars\n:\n:\n2.\nNames of the members of the Executive Body of the Educational\n\t\t\t\tagency, their status and address.\n:\n:\n3.\n(a) Name, address and qualifications of the correspondent.\n:\n:\n(b) Name, address and qualifications of the Secretary.\n:\n:\n4.\nCategory of the school to be started.\n:\n:\n5.\nClass wise strength in existing classes in case of upgrading\n\t\t\t\tthe institution.\n:\n:\n6.\nClasses proposed to be opened\n:\n:\n7.\nMedium of instruction- proposed to be adopted in the school.\n:\n:\n8.\nLocality/village in which the school is proposed to be started\n\t\t\t\t(in case it is slum area S.T. area proper proof to that effect\n\t\t\t\tobtained from Municipality/Collector/Revenue Official shall be\n\t\t\t\tproduced).\n:\n:\n9.\nNames of schools existing in the locality/village\n:\n:\n10.\nNo. and Date of challan/D.D. obtained from Treasury/Bank in\n\t\t\t\twhich the application fee is remitted.\n:\n:\n11.\nSketch plan of the building in which the school is proposed.\n:\n:\n12.\nSketch plan of the play ground duly indicating the area.\n:\n:\n13.\nLease deed in case of the building if the school is proposed\n\t\t\t\tto be located in a rented building.\n:\n:\n14.\nSources of income from which the management proposes to meet\n\t\t\t\tthe expenditure in running the school.\n:\n:\n15.\nD.D. No. and Date of the D.D. in which the amount is deposited\n\t\t\t\tfor Endowment Fund.\n:\n:\n16.\nDetails of the facilities available at the time of proposals\n\t\t\t\tin respect of :\n:\n:\n(a) Furniture\n:\n:\n(i) for the staff\n:\n:\n(ii) for the students\n:\n:\n(b) Library\n:\n:\n(c) Laboratory\n:\n:\n(d) Play material\n:\n:\nDeclaration\nDeclaration\nSignature\nForm II\nForm II\n(Refer Rule 7)\nProforma for Granting of Permission for Establishment of New Schools/Up-gradation of the Existing Schools Under Private Managements\nProforma for Granting of Permission for Establishment of New Schools/Up-gradation of the Existing Schools Under Private Managements\nDated:\nForm III\nForm III\n[Refer Rule 9 (1)]\nApplication for Grant of Recognition\nApplication for Grant of Recognition\n(a) No. of class rooms (with dimensions).\n(b) No. of rooms provided for staff, library, laboratory etc.Approved plan should be furnished.\n(a) No.of Dual Desks etc. Black Board and other furniture required in class.\n(b) Chairs, Tables, foot rests and other furniture required.\n(c) Chairs, Tables etc., in the staff rooms.\n(d) Furniture required like chairs, table, typewriter, Almirah etc., in the office room.\n(e) Furniture in H.M's. room\n(f) Amount spent on furniture with evidence.\n(a) No.of reference books purchased for the teacher, teachers' hand books. :\n(b) Copy of syllabus, Maps, Charts. :\n(c) No.of books for students use. :\n(d) No. of books for library reading :\n(e) Amount spent on Library books with evidence :\n(a) Equipment required for teaching physics\n(b) Chemistry\n(c) Biology :\n(d) Other equipment necessary in the Library.\n(e) Amount spent for purchase of Lab. equipment with evidence\n(a) Pre-Primary/Primary classes :\n(b) Play material required for general games (indoor/out-door viz) Chess, Carroms, Volley Ball, Foot-Ball, Badminton etc. :\n(a) for ladies :\n(b) for gents :\n(a) tap water :\n(b) bore water :\n(c) well water :\nSl. No.\nName of the Employee\nDesignation\nAge and date of birth\nQualifications\nTution fee\nTution fee\nSpecial fee\nSpecial fee\nPre-primary\nPrimary\nUpper Primary\nSecondary\nPost\nPost\nScale of Pay\nScale of Pay\nS.G.B.T.\nB.Ed., Asst.\nLang.Pandit\nNon-Teaching staff\nSpl. teacher\nSignature of the Corespondent\nForm IV\nForm IV\n(Refer Rule 9 (iv)]\nProforma for Grant of Recognition of Schools Started/Upgraded by\nProforma for Grant of Recognition of Schools Started/Upgraded by\nDt...............",
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"Act ID": "Last Updated 26th October, 2019 [ap226]",
"Act Number": "Published vide Notification G.O.Ms. No.1, Education (P.S.2), 1-1-1994 Published in Andhra Pradesh Gazette R.S. to Part 1, Extraordinary dated 3-1-1994",
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"Act Year": "1993",
"Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Establishment, Recognition, Administration and Control of Schools Under Private Managements) Rules, 1993",
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