The Assam Higher Secondary Education Act, 1984

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    "title": "The Assam Higher Secondary Education Act, 1984",
    "short_title": "The Assam Higher Secondary Education Act, 1984",
    "act_number": "Assam Act No. 17 of 1984",
    "act_year": 1984,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Assam Higher Secondary Education Act, 1984",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Admission of institutions in other States and Administrations to the privileges of the Council.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Council\" means the Council for Higher Secondary Education established under this Act;\n(b) \"Chairman\" means the Chairman of the Council;\n(c) \"Controller of Examination\" means the Officer conducting the Examinations of the Council ;\n(d) \"Education Department\" means the Department of Education of the Government of Assam ;\n(e) \"Fund\" means the Council for Higher Secondary Education Fund constituted under this Act;\n(f) \"Principal\" means the head of the teaching staff of a Higher Secondary School or College by whatever name he or she is designated ;\n(g) \"Higher Secondary School\" means a School or Department of a School giving instructions in Higher Secondary Education (plus two stage) and preparing students for Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination ;\n(h) \"Junior College\" means a College or Department of a College giving instructions in plus two stage and preparing students for Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination ;\n(i) \"Managing Committee\" means a Managing Committee of a Higher Secondary School ;\n(j) \"Governing Body\" means a Governing Body of a College ;\n(k) \"Recognised\" means recognised by the Council for the purpose of admission to the privileges of the Council or prior to recognition by the Council by any University established by law in India or by any Board recognised by the State Government;\n(l) \"Regulation\" means a regulation made by the State Government under this Act;\n(m) \"Rule\" means a rule made by the State Government under this Act;\n(n) \"Higher Secondary Education\" means such education as is designed to meet the needs of the plus two stage which follows immediately the stage of Secondary Education and precedes immediately the stage of Degree or Diploma Education Controlled by the University established by law in India or by a Council constituted by Government for this purpose ;\n(o) \"Secretary\" means the Secretary of the Council;\n(p) \"Notification\" means a notification published in the official Gazette ;\n(q) \"Government\" means the State Government of Assam ;\n(r) \"State\" means the State of Assam.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Establishment of the Council and its status.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Constitution of the Council.",
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            "content": "(i) a Chairman to be nominated by the Government ;\n(ii) Director of Public Instructions, Assam-Vice-Chairman.\n(iii) Director of Agriculture, Assam.\n(iv) Director of Technical Education, Assam.\n(v) Director of Health Services, Assam.\n(vi) Director of Industries, Assam.\n(vii) Dean, Assam Agricultural College, A.A.U., Jorhat.\n(viii) Dean, Assam Veterinary College, A.A.U., Khanapara.\n(ix) Chairman, Board of Secondary Education, Assam.\n(x) One Inspector of Schools.\n(xi) One Principal from any Government Higher Secondary Schools.\n(xii) One Principal from any Provincialised Higher Secondary Schools.\n(xiii) One Principal from any Deficit Colleges under the Dibrugarh University.\n(xiv) One Principal from any Deficit Colleges under the Gauhati University.\n(xv) One Principal from any Government Colleges.\n(xvi) One representative of each of the Universities of the State on the recommendations of respective Vice-Chancellors.\n(xvii) One Principal from any Teachers' Training Colleges.\n(xviii) One Principal from any Engineering Colleges.\n(xix) Two Principals from Junior Colleges-One from each University.\n(xx) Two representatives from recognised Higher Secondary School/Junior College Teachers' Association.\n(xxi) The Council shall have power to co-opt not more than three members from amongst the distinguished educationists of the State.\n(xxii) The Government shall appoint an officer of the Government as ex-officio Secretary of the Council who shall also be an ex-officio member of the Council. The emoluments of the ex-officio Secretary shall be determined by the Government and shall be paid from the Council's fund.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Publication of names of the members of the Council.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Term of office of members.",
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            "content": "(i) Nominated members shall hold office for a term of three years form the date of the notification published under Section 6 and the term of office of co-opted members shall terminate on the same date as that of the nominated members :\n(ii) Notwithstanding the expiry of the term of three years specified in Clause (i) the term of office of the outgoing members shall be deemed to extend to the date on which the names of the newly nominated members are published under Section 6.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Disqualifications for memberships.",
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            "content": "(a) has been adjudged by a Court of law to be of unsound mind ;\n(b) is an undischarged insolvent;\n(c) has been convicted by a Court of law for an offence involving moral turpitude.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Resignation of member and casual vacancy etc.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Meeting of the Council.",
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            "content": "(ii) Special Meetings. - the Chairman may, at any time, and shall upon requisition made by not less than one-third of the members of the Council other than the ex-officio members and on a date not more than twenty-one days of the receipt of such requisition, call a special meeting of the Council.\n(iii) Twenty-one days' notice shall be given for ordinary meetings and ten day's notice for special meetings of the Council.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Quorum : Proceedings not invalidated by reason of vacancies.",
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            "content": "(ii) Subject to the provisions contained in sub-clause (i) no act or proceedings of the Council shall be invalid merely by reason of the existence of any vacancy among the meetings of the Council.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Officers of the Council.",
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            "content": "(i) The Chairman,\n(ii) The Secretary,\n(iii) The Controller of Examination,\n(iv) The Deputy Secretary (Academic),\n(v) The Deputy Secretary (Administration).",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Powers and duties of the Council.",
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            "content": "(i) to prescribe curriculum, syllabus, and courses of instructions for Higher Secondary Stage which may be imparted in a College or Higher Secondary School;\n(ii) to conduct examinations based on such courses ;\n(iii) to admit to its examinations, on conditions that may be prescribed by regulations, candidates who have pursued the prescribed courses of instruction and also to take such disciplinary action against candidates as may be prescribed by regulation :\n(iv) to demand and receive such fees as may be prescribed by regulations ;\n(v) to publish the results of its examination ;\n(vi) to grant certificates to students passing the examinations ;\n(vii) to institute and award scholarships, prizes, etc.;\n(viii) to prescribe and select text books and supplementary books ;\n(ix) to lay down conditions of recognition of Higher Secondary Schools, and Junior Colleges;\n(x) to recognise Higher Secondary Schools and to withdraw such recognition ;\n(xi) to take such disciplinary action as it thinks fit against institutions as prescribed by regulations ;\n(xii) to adopt measures for study and examination of problems in the filed of Higher Secondary Education ;\n(xiii) to advise the Government on physical, moral and social welfare of students in recognised institutions, and to prescribe conditions of their residence and discipline ;\n(xiv) to prescribe necessary qualifications for teachers in recognised Higher Secondary Schools ;\n(xv) to receive grants from the Government and donations from private and individuals or associations for specific or general purposes ;\n(xvi) to call for reports from the Director of Public Instructions regarding the conditions of recognised institutions or of institutions applying for recognition;\n(xvii) to advise the Government on re-organisation and development of Higher Secondary Education;\n(xviii) to advice to the Government relating to any matter within the provisions of this Act on which the Government may consult the Council;\n(xix) to appoint officers and other employees of the Council, and to prescribe by regulations the terms and conditions of their services ;\n(xx) to institute by regulations for the benefit of its officers and other employees such pension, gratuity and provident fund as it may deem fit in such manner, and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations ;\n(xxi) to delegate any of its powers to any Committee constituted under this Act;\n(xxii) to administer the Higher Secondary Education Council Food ;\n(xxiii) to receive, purchase and hold any property, movable or immovable, which may become vested in it, and to dispose of all or any of the property, movable or immovable belonging to it, and also to do all other acts incidental or appertaining thereto;\n(xxiv) to do all such acts and things as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Powers of the Government.",
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            "content": "(1) The Government shall have the right to address the Council with reference to anything conducted or done by the Council and to communicate its views on any matter with which the Council is concerned.\n(2) The Council shall report to the Government such action, if any, as it proposes to take or has taken, on the communication of the Government.\n(3) The Government may, after consultation with the Council, issue directions consistent with the provisions this Act, as it may think fit, and the Council shall comply with such directions.\n(4) The Government may, by order in writing specifying the reasons thereof, suspend the execution of any resolution or order of the Council and prohibit the doing of an act ordered to be done by Council, if the Government is of the opinion that such resolution, order or act is in excess of the powers conferred upon the Council by or under this Act.\n(5) The Government may, after consultation with the Council, suspend or remove, a member whose continuance as a member of the Council is considered to be detrimental to the interest of the Council.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Constitution of Higher Secondary Education Council Fund.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Custody and investment of the Higher Secondary Education Council Fund.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Application of the Fund.",
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        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Audit of the Account of the Council.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Powers and duties of the Chairman.",
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        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Powers and duties of Secretary.",
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        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Powers and duties of other Officers.",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Committees of Council.",
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            "content": "(i) Curriculum and Syllabus Committee ;\n(ii) Examination Committee;\n(iii) Recognition Committee ;\n(iv) Finance Committee;\n(v) Administration Committee ; and\n(vi) Such other Committees as may be found necessary.",
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            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Exercise of powers delegated by the Council to Committees.",
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        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Power of Council to make regulations.",
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            "content": "(a) the constitution, powers and duties of Committee appointed under Section 22 ;\n(b) courses of study to be laid down for different examinations ;\n(c) marks required for passing in any subject and the examination as a whole, and for credit and distinction in any subject;\n(d) qualifications, appointment and remuneration of examiners, paper-setters and others;\n(e) conducting examinations and publishing the results ;\n(f) conditions of recognition of Higher Secondary Schools and Junior Colleges;\n(g) conditions under which candidates shall be admitted to the examinations of the Council;\n(h) disciplinary measures for malpractices in examinations ;\n(i) fixing of fees and charges in respect of examinations ;\n(j) provident fund, etc. for the benefit of the employees of the Council :\n(k) rate of travelling and daily allowances to the non-official members of the Council or Committees ;\n(l) delegation of powers or assignment of functions to Committees formed under this Act;\n(m) all matters which, by this Act are to be or may be provided for by regulation :",
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            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Council to furnish report, returns etc., to the Government.",
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        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Powers of the Government to constitute the Council.",
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        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Vesting of powers till reconstitution of the Council.",
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        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Power of Government to make rules.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass170]",
        "Act Number": "Assam Act No. 17 of 1984",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1984",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Higher Secondary Education Act, 1984",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}