State of Assam - Act
Assam Education Department Rules and Orders
ASSAM
India
India
Assam Education Department Rules and Orders
Rule ASSAM-EDUCATION-DEPARTMENT-RULES-AND-ORDERS of 1947
- Published on 12 October 1947
- Commenced on 12 October 1947
- [This is the version of this document from 12 October 1947.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
Chapter I
Preliminary
1. Definitions.
- 1. "Government" means the Government of Assam.2. "University" means the Guhati University unless the context otherwise provides.
3. "Department" means the Department of Public Instruction of the Government of Assam.
4. "The Constitution" means the Constitution of India.
5. "The Autonomous areas" means the Tribal areas as defined in Article 20 read with Article 1 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.
6. "District Officer" and "Sub-divisional Officer" means the Civil Officers in charge of a District or a sub-division as the case may be.
7. "Director" or "Director of Public Instruction" means the Director of Public Instruction of the Government of Assam.
8. "Assistant Director of Public Instruction" and "Additional Assistant Director of Public Instruction" means the director of Public Instruction of these grades.
9. "Inspector of Schools Assistant Inspector of Schools, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Sub-Inspector of Schools, and Assistant Sub-Inspector of Schools" mean the Inspectors of Schools of the respective grades.
10. "Institution" means an educational institution of any grade or class specified in Rule 15.
11. "A girls institution" means an educational institution exclusively meant for girls and "a boys' institution" means an educational institution ordinarily meant for boys. Educational institution with provision for co-education is included in "boys institution".
12. Institution for the management and maintenance of which the Government or any public body such as-the Guhati University the State Primary Education Board, a Sub-divisional Primary Education Board, a Local Board, a Municipality Board or any such body as is constituted by law for the purpose of imparting and managing education of any standard or standards whether exclusively or as a part of its other functions is wholly responsible are called public institutions or institutions under Public management and all other institutions are called private institutions or institutions under private management.
13. Public Institutions for the management and maintenance of which Government is wholly responsible are called Government institutions and private institutions receiving grant-in-aid from Government are called Government aided institutions.
14. Public schools wholly managed and maintained by a Local or Municipal Board are referred to in these Rules as Board's schools and those receiving grant-in-aid from these Boards as Board's aided schools.
15. Institutions are classified according to the nature of instruction they impart and their grades are as follows :
| Schools | General | PrimarySecondary |
| Special | Training SchoolsTechnical SchoolsProfessionalSchoolsOther Special Schools | |
| Arts | First GradeSecond Grade | |
| Colleges | Professional | Training CollegesOther Professional Colleges. |
| Oriental | Sanskrit CollegesSenior MadrassasTitle Madrassas |
16. "Primary Schools" mean the schools teaching up to the primary stage education through the medium of vernacular.
17. "Middle schools" mean the schools teaching up to the middle of the secondary stage of education in the curriculum prescribed by Government and include all class of middle schools specified below unless the class of middle school is specifically mentioned :
18. "Head of an Institution" means the officer-in-charge of the Institution such as Principal of a college, Headmaster, Headmistress or Head Pandit of a school.
19. (i) The head of a school i.e., the teacher-in-charge of a school is differently designated in schools of different classes or grades and some times in schools of the same class and grade as shown below :
| Primary and Middle Vernacular School except Middle Madrassa | Head Pandit |
| Middle English School other than Middle English Madrassa ;High School other than High Madrassa | Headmaster |
| Middle Madrassa, Middle English Madrassa, High Madrassa andTraining School | Superintendent |
20. "High Schools" means the schools teaching up to the end of the secondary stage of education unless the context excludes the class of High Schools viz., the High Madrassas defined in Rule 21 below.
21. "High Madrassas" is a special class of high school which provides for instruction in Arabic, Fiqah and Aquaid in addition to the compulsory subjects taught in an ordinary high school.
22. "Primary section" and "middle section" means the primary school classes and the middle school classes attached to a school of higher standard than a primary school or a middle school respectively.
23. "Training school" means school for training of teachers for primary and secondary schools in the curriculum prescribed by the Department.
Training schools are of two kinds :24. A "professional school" means a school where instruction is imparted only to enable its pupils to take u any particular profession or professions for their livelihood. The schools where the art of type-writing, Shorthand and Soap making, etc., are taught are called professional schools.
25. "Other special schools" include Sanskrit school, music schools, and school of Fine Arts.
26. A first grade Arts college teaches up to he standard of a University Degree, and a second grade Art College to the standard of the Intermediate Examination.
27. A "Training College" is an institution for the professional training of inspecting officers and teachers of secondary schools in the curriculum prescribed by the University.
28. A "professional college" means a college where instruction is imparted to enable its students to take up any particular profession or professions for their livelihood in a standard higher than that of a professional school.
29. "Special colleges" include music college and colleges of Fine Arts.
30. "Oriental colleges" are institutions for the higher study of Oriental languages and literature, i.e., Sanskrit Collages, Senior Madrassas and Title Madrassas.
31. A "school session" or a "college session" means a fixed period commencing and ending on dates prescribed by a competent authority from time to time for the purpose of covering a particular course of study in n institution and generally it covers a period of one year unless otherwise provided. The competent authority under this rule shall be the Director in case of school session and the University in case of college session. A school session in primary, middle and high schools extends over a period of one year commencing on the first day of February in one year and ending the last day of January in the next year and is divided into three terms, viz.,
32. "Public Examinations" means such examinations held for the purpose of granting certificates, diplomas and scholarships as are recognised by the Government to be public examination.
33. The term permanent residents of Assam includes the natives of Assam and those domiciled therein. A person shall be deemed to have acquired a domicile in Assam if he fulfills the requirements of Rs. 307(2) of the Assam Executive manual which is reproduced below and if he or his parents can produce certificate to this effect from the District Officers as required by the aforesaid rule.
Rule 307(2) of the Assam Executive Manual-"It has been laid down as a working principle that in the absence of any special rule governing a particular case or class of cases a man who is not a native of the Province shall be deemed to be domiciled in the Province only when he has become the owner of a homestead (house and land) in the Province, has already lived in that homestead for ten years and intends to live in that homestead until he dies. The children of such a man will automatically be domicled in Assam unless and until they clearly show their intention of reverting to the country from which the family came.Where the above conditions are fulfilled, the Deputy Commissioner is authorised to give a certificate of domicile. If in any case, there is any doubt whether any applicant for appointment belongs to a family native of, or domiciled in Assam, a reference should be made to Government."34. A "recognised institution" means an educational institution of any class or grade recognised by or affiliated as such to-
35. The abbreviation G.O. means Government Order.
2. Extent of application.
- 1. These Rules shall apply to all institutions in Assam except Anglo-Indian and European institutions unless otherwise provided for and in so far as they are not inconsistent with the Assam Basic Education Act, the Gauhati University Act, and rules framed under these Acts.2. The rules relating to primary education in the autonomous areas may be applied where practicable without prejudice to the rules framed in this regard by Regional or District Councils for these areas.
3. Words denoting masculine gender in these rules shall mean and include the corresponding words of the feminine gender unless the context otherwise provides.
The duties and powers of the Inspector of Schools as defined in these rules shall automatically be the duties and powers of the Inspectors of School in respect of girls schools, girls scholarships, etc., unless the context otherwise provides.Chapter II
General Administration of Schools
3. Recognition of Schools.
- 1. the following are the authorities to recognise schools of certain grades :2. For recognition of high schools teaching up to the matriculation standard the Director shall act in consultation with the University.
3. The alteration of the standard of a school requires the sanction of the Inspector of Schools.
4. The privilege of recognition may be withdrawn or withheld for any period from any institution by the authority competent to recognise that institution if it-
5. An appeal against an order refusing, withdrawing or withholding recognition will lie-
6. A school desirous of being recognised shall submit an application praying for recognition showing-
7. On receipt of all the information required under Rule 6 above and recommendation of the Inspecting Officers concerned through whom the applications for recognition are submitted the authority competent to recognise a particular school shall decide whether the school should be recognised or not. Ordinarily no school which cannot satisfy the conditions laid down in the foregoing rule perfectly shall be recognised. The officer competent to recognise a school may, however, condone certain deficiencies if such condonation does not go against the interest of education and in such a case a school may be recognised provisionally.
Provisional recognition will be given ordinarily for a period of 3 years on the condition that this provisional recognition may not be renewed after this period of 3 years if the school cannot make up the deficiencies by that time.The letter of recognition shall state the courses of instruction in which the school is recognised. If a recognised school desires to add to the courses of instruction in respect of which it is recognised the procedure laid down in the foregoing rules shall be followed mutatis mutandis.Part I
Rules for Primary and Middle Vernacular Schools4. Admission and withdrawal of pupils in schools.
- 1. (a) When a boy is admitted for the first time to a primary or a middle vernacular school, the father or guardian shall accompany him, and declare in writing that the boy has never before attended any school, and shall, if he has no horoscope, declare also in writing the age of the boy in years, months and days, calculated according to the English method.2. Applications for leaving certificates must be made by the parent or guardian of the pupil either personally or by letter.
3. The teacher responsible must give or refuse the certificate within 7 days from the date on which the application is received. Whenever a leaving certificate is refused, a statement of the grounds for refusal shall be given to the applicant in writing.
4. On admission to a school a pupil shall not be placed in a class higher than that in which he was in the school he has quited. If, however, he has passed the annual examination for promotion, he may then be admitted into the next higher class.
5. Wilful transgresson by a school of any of these rules shall render it liable, in extreme cases, to forfeit any grant it may be receiving and also the right to send up candidates to scholarship examinations for one or more years.
6. All questions arising under these Rules in their application to primary schools shall be referred to the Sub-Inspector of Schools of the Circle, from whose decision an appeal may be made to the Deputy Inspector of Schools, questions arising in middle schools will be referred direct to the Deputy Inspector, whose decision shall be final.
Note. - See also Rule 36 of this section.Part II
Rules for middle English and High Schools7. When a boy is admitted for the first time to any school the father or guardian shall, where possible, accompany him and declare in writing that the boy has never before attended any school, and shall, if he has no horoscope, declare also in writing the age of the boy in years, months and days, calculated according to the English year and month. Where it is not possible for parent or guardian to accompany the boy, a person authorised in that behalf in writing shall do so.
In case of a pupil coming from a school in another State, the transfer certificate must be sent to the Inspector of Schools concerned of that State for countersignature and information whether the school is recognised.Certificates from unrecognised schools shall not be accepted.8. When a pupil is admitted to any school from another school, he shall produce an application from his father or bona fide, guardian in Form 2. He is also required to produce a leaving certificate in Form 3 from the school which he last attended.
9. Applications for a leaving or transfer certificate shall be made by the parent or guardian of a pupil and shall be accompanied by a fee of two annas.
10. The name of a pupil may be removed from the rolls on application from the guardian with effect from the date of receipt of the application.
11. If the guardian wants merely to withdraw a pupil from a school a simple notice to the Headmaster to the effect will be sufficient. In such cases the fee provided in Rule 9 must not be charged.
12. Within seven days of the receipt of an application, the Headmaster shall grant a leaving certificate, except only in case of a pupil (i) who has been expelled from the school for misconduct, (ii) whose school fees or other dues have not been fully paid up to the end of the term, (iii) whose proposed withdrawal from the school is due to disciplinary action taken by the Headmaster. In the last case the Headmaster shall at once report the matter to the Inspector of Schools ; and the guardian may appeal to the Inspector.
In any of these cases, the Headmaster shall refuse to grant a certificate and shall state the reason for his refusal in writing to the applicant. In the second case, if all sums due to the school are subsequently paid, a certificate must be granted on payment.13. If the Headmaster fails, except for reasons specified in the preceding rules, to grant a leaving certificate within 7 days of the date of application or within 3 days of the payment of all dues, should such payment be made subsequently (vide Rule 12) the parent or guardian may refer the matter to the Inspector of Schools, who shall institute inquiries. If the Inspector finds the Headmaster in fault he shall instruct the Headmaster to issue a leaving certificate, and, should the case appear to warrant such action, he will report the matter to the Director of Public Instruction, submitting at the same time the explanation of the Headmaster, together with his own recommendations for action with reference to the Headmaster or his school by withdrawal of grant, scholarship rights, or departmental recognition. Pending the result of enquiry, should be pupil seek admission into another school, the Inspector may, if there is a prima facie case authorise his temporary admission.
14. (a) Fees are payable for the term either in a lump sum or in instalments, and a pupil withdrawing from a school at any period during the term is liable to pay fees for the whole term and in accordance with provisions of Rule 12 a leaving certificate shall not be issued to him until these fees are paid. The date up to which payment has been made shall be clearly stated in the certificate.
N.B. There are three terms in the school year :15. (i) Leaving certificates from unrecognised schools cannot be accepted.
16. In addition to a leaving certificate, a pupil (save in the case of boys coming from Primary Schools and Middle Schools without English, or from no school at all, should bring to the school to which he is admitted, a School Record in the form approved by the Director of Public Instruction. This School Record will show the career of the pupil and will be made up at the close of each term in the way prescribed on the cover and sent to the parent or guardian who will return it at the commencement of the next germ. Each school will keep a copy on an identical from of the portion of each pupil's School Record which relates to his career in that school.
17. The period of the year at which a pupil may be admitted from another school and the amount of the fees which he shall be required to pay on admission shall be regulated by his "reasons for leaving" the previous school as stated in his leaving certificate. The "reasons for leaving" should be entered in accordance with the following classification :
18. Admission to a new school in the middle of the term is permitted only in case of (*) "Unavoidable change of residence" and that only if it can be effected without detiment to school work. In such case, the school to which admission is given is empowered to charge the pupil a fee reckoned proportionately to the terminal fees for the period between the date of admission and the end of the term. In Government and Government-Aided Schools such pupils will be exempted from payment of any dues up to the end of the current term, and the application of this privilege is recommended in other schools also. In no such case may admission fee be charged.
19. Admission to a new school in the middle of the school year is permitted only in cases of (i) "Unavoidable change of residence" and (ii) "Ill-health". In the latter case, the pupil may be admitted within 15 days from the beginning of any term, fees being payable for the whole term. If more than 6 months have elapsed between the date of the leaving certificate and that of admission to the new school, an admission fee (see Rule 21) will be charged.
20. In cases (iii) "Completion of the school course" and (iv) "Minor reasons" a pupil may be admitted to a new school only at the beginning of the school year (within one month from the opening date) fees being payable for the whole term in addition to an admission fee (see Rule 21).
Note. - (1) When a pupil's transfer is necessitated by the abolition of the school in which he has been studying, he may under special arrangements to be made by the Inspector, be admitted to another school in the middle of the school year.21. The following rules regulate the re-admission of boys to the same school after a period or absence, whether on account of rustication or for other reasons :
22. The prescribed admission fee for all schools is a sum equivalent to the monthly fee charged in the class of admission.
23. All applicants for admission to the lowest class viz., Class III or IV, as the case may be, other than scholarship-holders will be subjected to a regular test in the curriculum prescribed for Class II or Class III, as the case may be. The Headmaster will be responsible that the examination is a conscientious test of the applicant's fitness to enter the lowest class of the school and to cover before the end of the year the full course of studies prescribed for that class. He will set the standard of the tests himself, but may in the case of large schools leave the actual work of examining the applicants to the Assistant Headmaster.
24. Subject to the foregoing a pupil on admission, unless he comes from a school following a different course and circulum, will ordinarily be placed in the same class as that in which he was reading in his former school except in the following cases :
25. On transfer from schools without provision for teaching of English pupils shall be admitted as follows subject tot he provision that if the guardian so prefers a boy may be admitted to a lower class than that prescribed below without any prejudice whatever and without prejudice to the provision made in Rule 23 :
26. In case of pupils for whom the Middle School Examination is compulsory no admission to High School classes will be allowed without a Middle School Examination pass certificate in the groups concerned, except under order of the Inspector of Schools in special cases.
[See also rules regarding the Assam Middle School Examination].27. The foregoing Rule 24, 25 and 26 apply only to pupils coming with transfer certificates from schools in this State which are recognised by the Department but do not provide for pupils coming with transfer certificates from outside the State. In the latter case the boys shall be examined before admission and shall be placed in such class as the results of their examination show them to be fit for.
No pupil from a school outside the State, who are over 19 years of age will be admitted to any recognised school in Assam.28. Candidates for Government scholarships must not have migrated from one institution to another within two school years preceding the examination except with special permission of the Deputy Inspector of Schools in case of primary and middle schools and the Inspector of Schools, in case of high schools.
It is the duty of the heads of institutions to bring this rule to the notice of parents and guardians.29. The transfer of Government scholarships and fee remissions shall be subject to the previous sanction of the Inspector which will be withheld unless satisfactory reasons are assigned for the transfer.
30. Where scholarships and fee remission are granted by the school, the parent or guardian should obtain a written declaration that his ward is admitted with such privileges.
When a pupil of either of the highest two classes of a school has held a scholarship or fee remission under express stipulation in writing, signed by himself and his father or guardian, that the whole or any portion of the sum drawn by or remitted to him shall be refunded to the school in case of withdrawal from it within a certain period, the leaving certificate may be withheld until the sums so due have been repaid ; provided that the amount so claimed shall not exceed the amount actually drawn and/or remitted.N.B. - Special rules which are in contravention of this rule will not be recognised by the Department unless they are agreed to in writing by both pupils and their guardians.31. If a pupil who has failed in the previous Matriculation Examination apply for admission in the following session without having joined any other school since the examination, the receipt of the University (Registrar's receipt) shall be accepted in lieu of leaving certificate.
Such pupils can be admitted within a week from the re-opening of the school after the Summer vocation. They will pay fees from the beginning of the month in which they are admitted. No admission fee will be charged when they are re-admitted to the school free, which they appears at the examination.If they take admission to a new school an admission fee will be charged.32. The application of a pupil for admission to the Matriculation Examination shall not be forwarded to the University authority concerned until he has paid all sums due to the institution in which he has been reading including fees up to the end of the month in which the first day of the Matriculation Examination falls.
This is exception to the general Rule 14 under which fees are payable to the end of the Summer vacation.33. If a pupil be found producing a false document or making a false statement as to his attendance at any school or regarding any other information required in connection with his admission, he shall be record to the appropriate authority of the Department and he shall be liable to fine rustication or expulsion.
34. All questions arising with regard to the interpretation of these Rules shall be referred to the Inspector of Schools whose decision shall be final.
35. Wilfull transgression or attempted evasion of any of these Rules will under a school liable to forfeit the right of sending up candidates for scholarship examination and Public Examination and also to the loss of any grant-in-aid which it may be receiving from public funds. In the case of a high school it will be further liable to reported to the University for additional penalties.
36. These Rules apply mutatis mutandis to optional English classes attached to middle vernacular schools.
Part III
Rules for recognised Madrassas37. The rules laid down in this section will apply in the case of recognised madrassas subject to the following qualifications :
38. A public admitted to a recognised madrassa on transfer from another recognised madrassa will ordinarily be placed in the class in which he was reading in the madrassa from which he has taken transfer ; provided always that pupils who have passed in Groups I and V of the Assam Middle School Examination shall, on transfer to a Senior Madrassa, be placed in the first year class of the Senior Department thereof.
39. On transfer from recognised non-Islamic schools, with or without English, pupils shall ordinarily be admitted to the lowest class.
If, however, a pupil who has passed class III, or any higher class has studied privately special subjects of the madrassa course he may be admitted to that class for which he is on examination found fit.40. A pupil who seeks admission from a madrassa to a high school or a senior madrassa after completing the Middle Madrassa cause and obtaining a Middle School Certificate in Groups I and IV shall be placed in Class VII of a high school or the first year class of a Senior Madrassa.
41. A pupil seeking admission from a madrassa to a middle English or high school before completing the Middle English Madrassa course will ordinarily be placed in the same class as that in which he was reading in the madrassa subject mutatis mutandis to the condition specified in Rule 24, Part II.
42. A pupil seeking admission to a high school from the Senior department of a madrassa or after passing the Senior Madrassa Final Examination shall be admitted to that class for which he is on examination found fit.
43. Rule 25, Part II, shall apply in the case of transfer of pupils from Middle Madrassas to Middle English Schools or Madrassas, or to High Schools.
Part IV
Issue of duplicate transfer certificate44. Fees for issue of duplicate leaving or transfer certificates shall be as follows :
5. Payment of fees and fines.
- 1. Fees payable by pupils include Schooling or tuition fees, games fees admission fees.2. In addition to the foregoing special fees may be charged by the managing committee of aided or unaided High and Middle English Schools with the consent of the Inspector of Schools. The charge of such fees shall be made for not more than one year at a time.
3. School fees are payable at the following rates in public schools under the procedure laid down in the rules for admission and withdrawal of pupils :
| Rs. | a. | p. | |
| Classes III, IV and V | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Classes VI, VII and VIII | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Classes IX and X | 4 | 0 | 0 |
4. Games fees are levied at the annual rate of Rs. 1 per pupil for the four top classes and at 8 annas or, in the discretion of the managing committee Rs. 1 for the lower classes in Government High Schools. They are payable at the beginning of the year or on admission if admission is later.
In Government Middle English and Middle Vernacular Schools it will be open to the Deputy Inspector in consultation with the school committee to levy a games lees not in excess of 8 annas per pupil for all classes.In Board and aided schools, it is discretionary to charge games fees either at the rate prescribed for Government Schools, or at a rate to be prescribed by the school authority.5. Pupils who are certified by the School medical authority as unfit to take part in any school game are exempted from payment of game fees.
6. Pupils who live at such a distance from the school as to make it impracticable for them to join the school games may claim exemption from payment of the games fee unless there is a sufficient number resident in one locality to enable them to form a club, in which case games fee will be levied and the needs of the local club will be provided for, from the school games fund.
Transfer in course of the year will not involve the pupil transferred in the payment of a second games fee except in so far as the fee paid in the first school is less than that charged in the second school.7. Admission fee are payable when a pupil first enters a school at rates prescribed in Rule 22 of Section 4.
Note. - See also rules in Section 4 regarding payment of admission fee.Part I
Rules for Public Schools6. Remission of fees in High and Middle Schools.
- 1. Fee remissions are made under certain conditions in favour of pupils who would ordinarily have to pay the regular schooling fee.2. Except where otherwise provided, fee-remissions are sanctioned in Government High Schools by the school committee, and in Government Middle English Schools by the Inspector of Schools.
Save in backward localities they should not ordinarily exceed 13 per cent of the number of pupils on the rolls of the school.3. Scholars who are exempt from payment of fees under the terms of their scholarships and other pupils enjoying special concessions under rules which follow, are not counted for the purpose of the 13 per cent limit.
4. Applications for fee remissions in Government Schools should be made to the Headmaster.
5. Deserving pupils, of the Scheduled Castes may be allowed fee remission up to a limit of 20 per cent of their enrollment, and such pupils belonging to the Scheduled Tribes may be allowed fee remission up to a limit of 50 per cent of their enrollment.
6. The children of Military and Civil Police below the rank of Jamadar or Sub-Inspector are allowed free education up to and including Class VI in Government Schools.
Applications for concession under this rule must be countersigned by the Commandant or District Superintendent of Police.7. In places where there is no school offering free instruction beyond the primary stage, the children of Mandals and Patwaris are allowed to read at half the ordinary rates in classes III to VI of Government Middle English Schools under public management and at two thords the ordinary rates in the same classes of Government High Schools. The applications for this concession should be countersigned by the Deputy Commissioner of the district in which they serve.
8. The children of teachers serving in Middle and Lower Primary Schools under the control of Local Bodies or School Boards in Assam are allowed free education in classes III to IV of all Government High and Middle English Schools.
Applications for this concession should be countersigned by the Deputy Inspector of Schools under whom the teachers serve.9. (a) Teachers in Middle English and High Schools under public management drawing salaries not above Rs. per mensem are allowed to educate in the school in which they are employed one son free and other sons at half the usual rate of schooling fee.
10. (a) The concession of fee-free education for one ; and half fee-free education for other sons shall be allowed in the case of educational servants of Government or public bodies-
11. In the case of two or more brothers attending a Government High or Middle English School the eldest brother may be charged the full fee and the rest at half the prescribed rates.
Note. - The intention of this rule being to give some monetary relief to the parents having more than, one child reading in the same school, the words brothers and brother in this rule should be taken to include and mean sisters and sister also.12. Every fee remission is liable to be cancelled-
13. Where the number of applicants for entry to a school exceeds the number of vacant places, the concessions granted by the rules in this section shall not be read as giving the children concerned a preferential claim to admission.
Part II
Rules for Private Schools14. It shall be in the discretion of the managing committees of privately-managed schools to grant any or all of the concessions allowed by the forgoing rules. In such of these schools as are aided from public funds no other or larger concessions may be made without the sanction of the Director of Public Instruction.
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Managing Committees of Schools
10. Managing Committee of Government High and Middle Schools.
- 1. Every Government high or middle school shall be governed by a managing committee saved in cases where the Director allows an exception under special circumstances.2. The managing committee of a Government high school shall, save in cases, where the Director sanctions a special committee in special circumstances consist of the following persons :
| (1) | President- The District or the sub-divisional Officeraccording as the school is located at the head-quarters of aDistrict or of a Sub-division. | Ex officio. |
| (2) | Vice-President- An Assistant Inspector of Inspectorsof Schools to be appointed by the Inspector or Inspectress ofSchools as the case may be | Ex officio. |
| (3) | Secretary- The Headmaster | Ex-officio. |
| (4) | Ordinary members- | |
| (i) | A civil officer appointed by the Inspector or the Inspectressof Schools on the recommendation of the District Officer | Ex-officio. |
| (ii) | The Deputy Inspector of Schools | Ex-officio. |
| (iii) | The Assistant Headmaster | Ex-officio. |
| (iv) | Two or if there is a local demand for furtherrepresentation, three non-official members appointed by theInspector or the Inspectors of Schools,a s the case may be, withthe approval of the Director save in cases where such approvalmay be presumed to have been obtained under any general orspecial orders of the Director. In case of girls schools attemptsshould be made to appoint ladies as far as possible. | |
| (v) | An Assistant Master elected by the teachingstaff (excluding the Headmaster and the Assistant Headmaster) ofthe school from among themselves, annually in the beginning ofthe school session, the election being subject to confirmation bythe President of the committee. |
3. The managing committee of a Government middle school save in cases where the Director sanction a special committee in special circumstances shall consist of the following persons :
| (1) | President- The Deputy Inspector of Schools, in case ofgirls school, an Assistant Inspectress of Schools may beappointed by the Inspectress of Schools where possible. | Ex-officio. |
| (2) | Vice-President- A Civil officer of the second gradepreferably a sub-deputy collector posted in the locality wherethe school is situated to be appointed by the Inspector or theInspectress of Schools as the case may be, on the recommendationof the District officer | Ex-officio. |
| Note.-If no such officer is available a non-official ofhigh social position may be appointed as Vice-President orPresident. In the latter case the official President may be madethe Vice-President | ||
| (3) | Secretary- The Headmaster. | Ex-officio. |
| (4) | Not less than three and not more than seven ordinary members,representatives as far as possible, of the various sections ofthe people of the locality, to be appointed by the Inspector orthe Inspectress of Schools, as the case may be. In case of girlsschools attempts should be made to a point ladies as far aspossible. |
4. The Inspector or the Inspectress of Schools, as the case may be, may dissolve and re-constitute any managing committee at any time if circumstances so demand subject to the approval of the Director save in cases where such approval may be presumed to have been obtained under any general or special orders of the Director.
5. Subject to Rule 2 (4)(v)and Rule 4 above the term of office of a member other than an ex-officio member will ordinarily expire after three years from the date of the first sitting of the managing committee to which he was appointed with the required quorum but he will be eligible for re-appointment. He shall, now however, continue to be a member till he is re-appointed or till another person is appointed in his place. The date on which the term of such a member expires shall be intimated by the Secretary of the committee to the Inspector or the Inspectors of Schools, as the case may be, in case of high school and to the Deputy Inspector of Schools in case of middle schools at least three months ahead.
6. Any vacancy in a managing committee may be filled up in the way in which it was originally filled up and non-filling up of any vacancy will not make its proceedings void provided there is the required quorum.
7. In absence of the President and Vice-President the Headmaster will preside.
8. All matters brought before the managing committee shall be decided by a majority of votes. Each member shall have one vote. The President shall have a casting vote in addition in case of equality of votes.
9. Subject to the rules in this Part each managing Committee shall frame its own rules of business and submit the same to the Inspector or the Inseptress of Schools, as the case may be, for confirmation.
10. The managing committee shall exercise general control over only the current business of the school except in matters where the powers to exercise such control are delegated to other authorities either in these Rules or by any special order of the Director.
11. The managing committee shall further perform the duties assigned to them by special or general orders which have been issued and may thereafter be issued under the sanction of Government or the Director. In particular, they shall exercise the powers and perform the duties assigned to them under the following rules :
12. Except where it is ordered otherwise by general or special orders of the Director, the managing committee will leave to the headmaster all routine questions in connection with management of classes, admission and transfer of pupils, settlement of the school routine, periodical examination, awarding of class promotion, selection of candidates for the Matriculation Examination in case of Government High Schools, and all matters of routine relating to instruction, administration and the discipline and control of the pupils and the staff. If in the opinion of the managing Committee it becomes necessary to make an enquiry into any of those matters the committee shall refer the matter to the Inspector or the Inspectress of Schools, as the case may be, in case of high schools and the Deputy Inspector of Schools in case of middle Schools who will either make the enquiry by himself or authorise the managing committee to depute not more than two members to make a joint enquiry and to submit a report to him. The Assistant Headmaster or any assistant master who may be members of the managing committee shall not be deputed in such cases.
13. The headmaster shall have the power of suspending a pupil of the school in case of grave misconduct. But the authority to rusticate or expel is reserved to the managing committee, to whom all cases should be at once reported for orders and who may issue instructions to the headmaster to conduct an enquiry.
Note. - See also rules in Chapter IV on Discipline.A headmaster may suspend any member of the staff as a preclude to departmental enquiry with the previous permission of the Secretary or if the headmaster himself is the Secretary of the President.14. An annual report on the schools shall be prepared by the Secretary to the Committee for their approval and shall be submitted to the Inspector of Schools in case of high schools and to the Deputy Inspector of Schools in case of middle schools.
In case of girls schools the reports in respect of high schools and middle schools shall be submitted to the Inspectress of Schools and the Assistant Inspectress of Schools respectively.15. A visitors book shall be kept in the school in which members of the committee may record their remarks.
16. Managing committees will ordinarily meet not less than once a quarter.
11. Managing Committees of Government Aided High and Middle Schools.
- 1. Every Government aided high and middle school shall be governed by a representative managing committee the constitution of which has been approved by the Inspector or the Inspectress of Schools as the case may be, save in cases where the Director allows an exception under special circumstances.2. Save in cases where the Director sanctions a special committee under special circumstances each managing committee shall consist of one President and one Secretary both of whom shall be nominated by Government and ten ordinary members except in case of middle schools were this number will be nine which shall include-
(i)The Headmaster;(ii) (iii)Two members except in case of middle schools where this number will be one, to be elected by the teaching staff (excluding the headmaster) of the school from among themselves ;(iv) (v)Two members to be elected by the guardians ;(vi) (vii) (viii)One member to be elected by the donors of not less than Rs. 500 and subscribers of Rs. 5 or above annually ;(ix) (x)For members to be nominated by Government ;Provided that-(a)in the event of the headmaster being nominated as the Secretary an ordinary member may be nominated by the Government in place of the headmaster ;(b)when outsider and not the headmaster is nominated as the Secretary either, the headmaster or one of the teachers representatives may be appointed as the Assistant Secretary when necessary ; and(c)when special circumstances so justify not more than two additional members in excess of the number prescribed in this rule may be nominated by Government.Note. - (1) The power of nomination, under this rule is delegated to the Inspector of Schools in case of boys schools and to the Inspectress of Schools in case of girls schools who shall make the nomination in consultation with the District or the Sub-divisional Officer where necessary and with the approval of the Director save in cases where such approval may be presumed to have been obtained under any general or special orders of the Director. The nominated members may be either officials or non-officials but endeavour shall be made to have a person of medical profession in the committee and to include ladies as far as possible in case of girls schools.3. Appointment of Government officers to managing committees of aided schools will be ex-officio so far as practicable. For such appointments prior approval of the authority under whose administrative control the officer concerned works is to be obtained. Once the appointment of a certain Government Officer as a member of a particular managing committee is approved under this rule, this approval will be presumed to apply to all his successors in that office unless the authority according the approval desires otherwise.
For appointment of District and Sub-divisional Officers as President of managing committees approval of Government may be presumed to have been obtained.4. The Inspector of Schools may dissolve and reconstitute a managing committee at any time, if circumstances so demand subject to the approval of their Director save in cases where such approval may be presumed to have been, obtained under any general or special orders of the Director.
5. Subject to Rule 4 above the term of a managing committee will ordinarily expire after a period of 3 years from the date of the first sitting of that committee with the required quorum or on its being reconstituted, but the members will be eligible for re-appointment or re-election as the case may be. Not later than 3 months before the expiry of the term, the Secretary of the committee shall intimate to the Inspector of Schools, the actual date on which the term of the existing committee expires and shall forward along with it the names of the newly elected members the election being held well ahead of time. If the names of the elected members are not received in time the managing committee shall be re-constituted by the Inspector of Schools with the nominated members and the headmaster, without any reference from or to the school authority. The quorum for such a committee shall be mentioned in the order of reconstitution. The names of the elected members may be subsequently included in the constituted committee when received.
6. Subject to Rules 4 and 5 above an ex-officio member of managing committee shall automatically cease to be a member as soon as he vacates the particular office during the tenure of and by virtue o which he was appointed as such, and his successor will be deemed to be appointed as ex-officio member of that managing committee in the capacity of his predecessor. Such changes should be reported immediately by the Secretary of the committee.
7. An ex-officio member shall not resign his membership of a managing committee. He may, however, be relieved of his office in the exigencies of public service by the President of the committee when the District or the Sub-divisional officer is the President and in other cases by the Inspector of Schools in consultation with the authority with whose prior approval he was appointed to the committee under Rule 3 of this Part.
8. No member of a managing committee being an employee of the institution shall attend any meeting at which any matter relating to his pay, promotion or conduct is under discussion. But it will be open to the President to call him for making any statement or representation on the subject but he shall leave the meeting immediately after doing so.
9. No member of a managing committee who is not a member of the staff, shall apply for appointment under the managing committee without first resigning his membership.
10. No member of a managing committee shall enter into any contract for work, or supply of materials or for any sale or purchase with the managing committee except with the previous permission of the President of the committee where he is the District or Sub-divisional Officer the previous permission of the Inspector of Schools shall have to be obtained.
11. Any member who absents himself from three consecutive meetings of a managing committee without the consent of the committee shall cease ipso facto to be member of that committee and the Secretary shall report this fact immediately to the inspector of Schools for confirmation. Further the office of a member of a managing committee other than an ex-officio member shall be vacated subject to confirmation by the Inspector of Schools-
12. Occurrence of any vacancy in a managing committee shall be reported forthwith by Secretary of the committee to the Inspector of Schools who shall take steps to fill up the vacancy in the manner in which it was originally filled up. The proceedings of a managing committee during the continuance of such vacancy or vacancies shall not be void provided there is the required quorum.
13. Five members shall form a quorum except in cases of committees with less than eight members where four shall form a quorum.
14. A meeting of the committee will be called by the Secretary at least once a quarter. Not less than seven days notice should be given of the meeting. The notice will set forth the business to be transacted at the meeting and no business other than that so stated will be transacted, except with the consent of three-fourths of the members present. When any business of which notice has not been been given in considered at a meeting, the decision recorded on resolution adopted in regard to such business at the meeting will be communicated forthwith to all the members and action on it will be held in suspense pending reconsideration at a subsequent meeting which may be convened on a requisition made by not less than three members of the committee within seven days of the communication of the original resolution. Failing such a requisition the resolution or decision will be validated.
15. In the absence of the Chairman one of the members present will be elected to preside.
16. The Chairman or President of the meeting will have a casting vote in addition to his ordinary vote when the votes of the members present are equally divided.
17. Under the direction of the committee the Secretary will carry on correspondence with the proper authority on behalf of the committee ; provided that no correspondence shall be made direct to the University or the Government who can be addressed only through the Inspector/Inspectress of Schools and the Director.
18. Subject to the rules in this section the managing committee may frame further rules of business that may be necessary under intimation to the Inspector/Inspectress of Schools.
19. An annual report of the school will be prepared by the Secretary which shall be submitted to the Inspector or the Inspectress of Schools as the case may be in case of high Schools and the Deputy Inspector of Schools in case of Middle Schools for boys and to the Assistant Inspectress of Schools in case of Middle Schools for girls, after being approved by the managing committee.
20. The managing committee will have the general direction and control of the current business of the school which will be conducted by the headmaster in accordance with the rules arid orders prescribed by Government.
21. The following particular duties are assigned to the managing committee :
22. Except where it is ordered otherwise by general or special orders, the managing committee will leave to the headmaster all routine questions in connection with arrangement of classes, admission and transfer of pupils, settlement of the class routine, periodical examinations, awarding of class promotion and all matters of routine relating to instruction, administration and discipline and control of the pupils and the staff.
It will be open to the managing committee, however, to depute one or more of their members to make an enquiry into any of these matters and to report thereon to the department.23. The managing committee will further perform the duties assigned to them by any special or general orders which have been issued and may hereafter be issued under the sanction of the Government or the Director.
12. Managing Committees of schools managed by Local Bodies.
- 1. Every school maintained by a local body shall be managed by a committee where practicable.2. The constitution of the committee for school under local bodies shall be as follows :
3. The following powers and responsibilities shall be included in the functions of the committees :
13. Managing Committees of Normal or Training school.
- 1. The constitution of managing committees of Normal and Training Schools is as follows :| (a) For Jorhat Normal School: | ||
| 1. | The Deputy Commissioner, Sibsagar | President. |
| 2. | The Inspector of Schools, Upper Assam Circle | Vice-President. |
| 3. | The Superintendent of the Schools | Secretary. |
| 4. | The Assistant Inspector of Schools concerned. | Member. |
| 5. | The senior-most Instructor of the Training class. | Member. |
| 6. | The Deputy Inspector of Schools, Jorhat | Member. |
| (b) For Silchar Normal School: | ||
| 1. | The Deputy Commissioner, Cashar | President. |
| 2. | The Assistant Inspector of Schools, Cachar | Vice-President. |
| 3. | The Superintendent of the School | Secretary. |
| 4. | The senior-most Instructor of the Training class | Member. |
| 5. | The Deputy Inspector of Schools, Silchar | Member. |
| (c) For Sootea Normal School: | ||
| 1. | The Deputy Commissioner, Darrang | President. |
| 2. | The Inspector of Schools, Central Assam Circle | Vice-President. |
| 3. | The Superintendent of the Board. | Secretary. |
| 4. | The senior-most Instructor of the Training class. | Member. |
| 5. | The Deputy Inspector of Schools, Tezpur. | Member. |
| (d) For Tura Training School: | ||
| 1. | The Deputy Commissioner, Garo Hills | President. |
| 2. | The Assistant Inspector of Schools, Garo Hills. | Vice-President. |
| 3. | The Headmaster of the School. | Secretary. |
| 4. | The Deputy Inspector of Schools, Garo Hills | Member. |
| 5. | A non-official member to be appointed by the DeputyCommissioner for a period of not more than three years at a time. | Member. |
2. The order rules relating to managing committees of high schools shall apply mutatis mutandis to these managing committees-the rules for managing committees of Government High Schools being applied in case of Government Institutions and those for Government Aided High Schools being applied in case of Government Aided Institutions.
14. Managing committees of other recognised High and Middle schools.
- All recognised High and Middle schools shall be governed by a managing committee in accordance with Rule 6(b) Section 3.15. Managing Committees of other school.
- Rules regarding managing committees of schools outside the classes mentioned in Sections 10 to 14 of this Chapter will be prescribed by competent authorities concerned.Chapter IV
Discipline
16. General Rules.
- 1. Every recognised institution must maintain a 'Conduct Register' in which all cases of breach of discipline by a college student of a school pupil and consequent punishment meted out to him should be recorded by the head of the institution. These entries are to be noted in the Transfer or Leaving Certificate issued, and in the Roll list of the candidates for any public examination if and when such steps are considered desirable by the head of the institution in the interest of discipline.2. the head of an institution shall scrutinize all applications for admission ; and if he thinks that there is sufficient disciplinary reason to justify his refusal, he may refuse admission to any student or pupil without assigning any reason to the applicant. But he will have to report confidentially the grounds of his refusal to his immediate superior who shall have the power to approve disapprove of his action.
3. Every scholar on its admission to an institution shall sign his name in a Register incorporating a copy of the rules of discipline enforced in the institution.
4. The head of an institution may, with the previous approval of the governing body or managing committee, order any undesirable and trouble-some scholar to leave the institution without assigning any reason if such action is considered to be necessary for the good of the institution. And in such a case a transfer certificate, free of transfer fee shall be issued.
Action taken under this rule must be reported in full details through proper channel to the Director who may communicate the same to the University where necessary.5. During the period of rustication or when a scholar expelled from an educational institution for any major offence no recognised educational institution shall admit the rusticated or expelled scholar unless such order are set aside or modified by any appellate authority competent to do so under these Rules.
6. Scholars shall have to pay fees during the period of suspension. For the period of rustication no fees shall be charged.
7. Expulsion or rustication or removal from an institution for disciplinary reasons carries with it, the expulsion or removal from the attached hostels of the institution and vice versa.
8. No direct complaint shall be allowed to be submitted to any higher authority against the head of an institution or any of its staff by a scholar of the institution or his guardian in regard to disciplinary measures adopted or any punishment inflicted for commission of any offence by the scholar without written permission from the head of the institution concerned. Violation of this rule on the part of a scholar shall be treated as a major offence against discipline and punished as such. This rule does not, however, prejudice or preclude the right of a scholar or his guardian for submission of regular appeal against any order of punishment to the authority competent to hear such appeals under these rules.
9. The following subsidiary measures for improvement of discipline are suggested which the heads of all educational institutions shall adopt.
17. Detailed rules for colleges.
- 1. All colleges shall follow the rules of discipline laid down in the preceding section.2. For breach of college discipline by a student the Principal is authorised to punish the offender in consultation with the governing body for any of the major offences enumerated in Rule 5 of this section with appropriate punishment of the following form which shall necessarily vary with the gravity and circumstances of each case :
3. All cases of rustication and expulsion shall be reported in a brief statement including the date of rustication or expulsion to the Executive Council of the University. Besides, the Principal of a Government or Government aided college shall also submit a report to the Director with a brief statement of the circumstances leading to the rustication or expulsion.
4. If a student who has been rusticated or expelled from a college desires to continue his studies in another college he may apply to the University authority concerned for permission and the Executive Council of the University after reference to the Principal from which the student has been rusticated or expelled and also to the Principal of the college to which admission is sought, and after full consideration o all the circumstances of the case, shall pass such order as they think proper. All such cases shall be notified to the Director by the college authorities.
5. Any of the following acts by a student shall be considered as a major offence against discipline-
6. An appeal against any order of punishment, passed against a college student by the Principal shall lie to the Executive Council of the University in case of rustication and expulsion and to the Director in case of other forms of punishment. Such appeal shall have to be submitted within 30 days from the date of receipt of the orders of punishment by the student concerned.
7. Any order of punishment of the Principal, and any order passed on an appeal, shall be communicated to the student and the guardian by the Principal.
In case direct receipt of any order of punishment passed on an appeal is desired by the aggrieved party, an application for it with a fee or Rs. 2 shall have to be submitted to the appellate authority.8. Any offence short of any of he major offences enumerated in Rule 5 above, that goes against good administration and good working order of the college, committed by a student shall be a minor offence. For any minor offence against college discipline, the Principal may punish a student with a fine not exceeding Rs. 10 and for repealed minor offence he may punish him with any form of punishment suggested for major offence, according to the procedure laid down for the punishment for such major offences in these Rules.
9. Malpractices in examinations shall be severely repressed. The following detailed rules are laid down for observance :
10. It is left to the description of the Principal to consult the District Officer of the district in which the college situated in dealing with cases of major offences of serious type or in taking up preventive measures against commission of such offences by college students.
11. Any action taken by the Principal or any advice tendered by the District Officer under Rule 10 above shall be reported to the Director and the Principal shall be guided by any advice the Director any prefer to tender in connection with the matter.
18. Detailed rules for schools.
- 1. All schools shall follow the rules of discipline laid down in Section 16 of this Chapter as far as these are applicable to them.2. Any of the following acts by pupil shall be considered as a major offence against discipline :
3. The following forms of punishment may be inflicted on a pupil for major offence :
4. The headmaster is competent to inflict appropriate punishment on a scholar of his institutions, short of rustication or expulsion, for any major or minor offence. All heads of schools have to take due notice of offences committed by the scholars and met out appropriate punishment to serve the purposes for which punishments are meant.
5. Following are classed as minor offences against school discipline :
6. According to the gravity of the circumstances and the effect of the commission of any of the minor offences against discipline suitable punishment may be inflicted upon the offender by the headmaster of the school who is the sole authority for this purpose.
Following forms of punishment are suggested and the headmaster is to select any one of them which he thinks appropriate in any particular case :7. Malpractices in examinations shall be severely repressed. The following detailed rules are laid down for observance :
8. Assistant teachers of a school are also competent to punish scholars for minor offences short of fine. When offences are such that the appropriate punishment are beyond their competence they shall submit report to the headmaster regarding suitable punishment and the headmaster shall take necessary action to punish the offender accordingly.
9. In an extreme case, when rustication or expulsion is considered to be the appropriate punishment for any of the major offences, the head of the institution shall place the matter before the managing committee. If the managing committee decides to punish the offender with rustication or expulsion, the order of rustication or expulsion shall be drawn up in Form 7.
10. The headmaster shall forward a copy of the order of rustication or expulsion to-
11. Within 30 days from the date of receipt of the order of rustication or expulsion, the parent or guardian of the scholar so punished may submit an appeal to the Inspector or Inspectress of Schools, as the case may be. If the punishment is substantially upheld by the first appellate authority, a second appeal lies to the Director within 20 days from the date of receipt of the order passed on the first appeal. The decision on the second appeal shall be final.
12. When no appeal is received within the allowed period by the Inspector or the Inspectress of Schools he or she shall confirm the decision of the managing committee.
In case an appeal is received within the period of 30 days the authority hearing the appeal shall ask for a report from the managing committee in detail as to the commission of the offence and after considering all the facts presented he shall pass such orders as may be deemed appropriate to the occasion. The order passed on the appeal shall be submitted by the appellate authority to the Director University authority where this is necessary and a copy shall also be forwarded to the appellant through the managing committee.For any second appeal a notice shall be given to the Inspector or the Inspectress of Schools, as the case may be, by the aggrieved party, and the second appeal may be submitted to the Director through the Inspector or the Inspectress of Schools concerned within the time allowed. The officer on receipt of the second appeal petition shall forward it to the Director with all the records of the case and with a brief note on it. The Director after perusal of the whole records may pass any suitable order that is considered just and equitable in the circumstances of the case. He shall forward the final decision to the Inspector or the Inspectress of Schools concerned for communication to the school authority and the party concerned.13. All orders of confirmation of the punishment or rustication or expulsion on any final appeal or without appeal shall be circulated among the schools of the State and also published in the Assam Gazette in three consecutive publications under the signature of the Inspector or Inspectress of Schools, as the case may be.
14. In respect of disciplinary measures relating to school discipline in autonomous areas, the Deputy Commissioner shall perform the function assigned to the Inspector or Inspectress of Schools under these Rules.
19. Rules for hostels of both schools and colleges.
- 1. All the rules regarding discipline in the foregoing three sections of the chapter shall apply mutatis mutandis to hostels with the modifications that all minor offences committed by a boarder are to be dealt with by the Hostel Superintendent who may inflict punishments prescribed for such offences.The following rules shall apply to hostels in addition. Major and minor offences referred to in these Rules shall be dealt with in the manner prescribed in Sections 17 and 18 of this Chapter read with the foregoing part of this rule.2. Ordinarily every boarder in a hostel attached to an educational institution shall have to observe the following routine :
3. In sickness, a boarder may not be able to observe the routine in full. In such cases, the Medical Officer or the Superintendent will guide the boarder as his daily observance of rest or work.
4. Every boarder must apply for leave of absence and where practicable such application must be supported by a letter of request from the parent or guardian of the boarder to the Superintendent of the hostel, and the boarder must obtain written sanction from him. If a boarder absents himself from the hostel without permission of the Superintendent it will be a major offence against discipline.
5. Without the permission of the Superintendent no boarder shall introduce any stranger to the hostel compound and hostel premises. Violation of this rule shall be counted as major offence.
6. Boarders must receive all postal communications and articles through the Hostel Superintendent and not directly from postal peon or a post office when so directed. No boarder shall possess or bring prescribed or prohibited books, papers or magazines to the hostel. Violation of this rule shall constitute a major offence.
7. Absence without leave for the night or at evening roll call or after 9 p.m. without permission of the Hostel Superintendent will constitute a major offence against discipline if circumstances leading to or resulting from such absence are of serious character.
8. Playing cards and gambling within the hostel will be counted as a major offence.
9. Any act by a boarder that goes against good order in the hostel or is done in contravention of order of the Superintendent shall be counted as a major or a minor offence according to the case.
10. Every Hostel Superintendent must maintain a "Conduct Register" in which all cases of breach of discipline by a boarder and the punishment meted out to him should be recorded. This register should be submitted to the head of the institution concerned from time to time to enable him to make a corresponding entry in the conduct register mentioned in Rule 1 of Section 16 of this Chapter regarding the minor offences against hostel discipline dealt with by the Hostel Superintendent.
11. Every boarder on his admission to a hostel shall sign his name in a Register incorporating a copy of the rules of discipline enforced in the hostel.
Appendix IService Rules for Employees of Government Aided Schools1. Appointment and dismissal. - The managing committee of a school is the authority to appoint persons in connection with the affairs of the school and as such it is the authority to dismiss or remove such persons :
Provided that-2. Conduct and discipline. - No employee on the aided school shall-
3. If the managing committee is of the opinion that the participation of any of its employees in political activity is injurious to the interest of the school it may order such employees to refrain from such activities.
4. If in the opinion of the Government retention in service of an aided school of any person is found to be injurious to the interest of education or to any public if they may on their own motion ask the managing committee of the school to remove such person from service in that school and debar him from appointment in other aided schools.
5. Any of the following penalties may be imposed on an employee of an aided school by the managing committee for good and sufficient reasons.
(i)Dismissal or removal;(ii)Reduction in rank ;(iii)Recovery from pay ;(iv)Stoppage of increment;(v)Censure :Provided that-6. Appeal. - Members of the teaching and the ministerial staff of aided schools shall have a right to appeal to Government through the Inspector and the Director against any order of dismissal or approval passed by a managing committee. The appeal must be submitted within three months from the date of receipt of the order of dismissal or removal by the employee, otherwise the appeal shall not be entertained.
7. When there are grave allegations against an employee of an aided school, which if ultimately proved to be true are likely to result in dismissal or removal of the employee or if the continuance in office of that employee may prejudice the enquiry to be made into these allegations or may cause disappearance of material evidence, the employee may be placed under suspension pending enquiry by (a) the Headmaster in case of employees under him with previous permission of the Secretary of the Managing Committee. If the Headmaster himself is the Secretary the previous permission of the President of the committee should be obtained, and (b) by the President of the committee in case the employee in question is the Headmaster himself.
8. A meeting of the managing committee shall be convened within 10 days from the date of issue of the orders of suspension under Rule 7 above. If the Headmaster orders the suspension and if he is not the Secretary he shall immediately inform the Secretary to convene the meeting accordingly. If the Headmaster who is also the Secretary is placed under suspension the President shall convene or cause to convene the meeting accordingly.
9. Subsistence allowance during period of suspension. - For the period of suspension and until the enquiry is over an employee may be allowed a subsistence allowance not exceeding one fourth of his pay which should be fixed by the managing committee considering the circumstances of the case.
10. Fixation of pay, etc., for period of suspension after the expiry is over. - The period of suspension may be treated as a period spent on duty if the employee is honourably acquitted of the charges for which he was suspended and otherwise, the period may be treated in such manner as the managing committee may deem proper in accordance with the circumstances of the case.
11. The managing committee may sanction duty pay up to the limit of the pay to which the employee would have been entitled had he not been suspended subject to availability of funds if the employee is honourably acquitted and otherwise, i.e., if he is not honourably acquitted, the managing committee may sanction such allowance for that period as it deems proper in accordance with the circumstances of the case.
12. Employees of aided schools may be granted casual leave up to 15 days in each calendar year and for other kinds of leave the Leave Rules of 1934 applicable to Government officers of vacation department maybe applied to them subject to availability of funds.
13. A Service Book shall be maintained for each employee of Aided Schools in the manner prescribed for Government Officers.
14. Travelling and daily allowance. - Employees of aided high schools may be allowed travelling and daily allowance at the rates ordinarily admissible to Government officers drawing similar pay : provided that the Headmasters of aided high schools may be allowed travelling allowance and daily allowance as admissible to the Headmaster of Government High Schools, irrespective of the pay drawn by them subject to availability of funds.
15. Additional rules to be framed. - Without prejudice and in addition to the foregoing the managing committee may make detailed rules governing the conditions of service, conduct, discipline, etc., of their employees which should be submitted to the Director through the Inspector of Schools for confirmation.
Appendix 2. [Not printed]Appendix 3. [Not printed]Appendix 4. [Not printed]Appendix 5Governing body of Cotton College, Gauhati1. The Governing Body in connection with administration of the Cotton College is constituted by Government with the principal as the Secretary.
2. The duties and functions of the Governing Body are as follows :
3. Meeting of the Governing Body shall be held ordinarily once a quarter.
Appendix 6. [Not printed]Appendix 7Maintenance of registers and accounts in Educational Institutions1. The following registers, etc., are to be maintained in recognised schools :
2. In Government institutions, the head of the institution is responsible for all money that passes through the accounts.
3. A standard form is prescribed for the general cash book.
Daily totals of receipt and disbursements under the various heads must be entered in the cash book, which must be signed each day by the head of the institution as showing that all entries are correct.4. The fee register is combined with daily attendance register.
Fees and fines of all kinds, expecting those for which separate accounts are prescribed, must be entered daily after realisation and the daily totals transferred to the cash book.Class masters, who are responsible for the entry and realisation of fees and fines, will certify monthly of their fee registers the correctness of the entries and the monthly totals of fees and fines will be checked by he head of the institution with the cash book.5. Unrealised balances of fees and fines be not carried over from months to month in the monthly abstract accounts.
The names of defaulters in any month will be struck off on the last day of the month and their dues entered in the abstract for that month only.6. Deposits and caution money will be held in deposit at the treasury, independently of the general cash book.
7. All receipts must be remitted daily to the treasury.
8. All sums drawn on establishment and scholarship bills must be disbursed, if possible, on the day of drawing.
Appendix 8Instructions Regarding Inspection of SchoolsPart I
1. General. - The principal duties of an inspecting officer are to improve the standard of instruction, tot he best of his power, in the schools which he visits, and to see that the regulations of the Education Department are followed in all institutions under his charge.
2. Inspection Reports. - Each school is provided with an Inspection Book which is intended primarily to contain systematic criticism and advice written by inspecting officers for the benefit of the staff and managers of the schools.
Frequently, remarks made in the Inspection Books of schools show an absence of connection and continuity of purpose. Criticism made and advice given in one inspection note are followed some months after by another and more or less independent set of criticisms and suggestions, and there again by another set, and so on, little or no sign being there that the writer had in view a definite policy of finding out those short-comings in the school which he might hope to remedy and of trying to remedy them by a repetition of effort.It is necessary for every inspecting officer to be quite clear, in the case of every school or class of schools which he visits, as to what specific improvements he aims at bringing about by a succession of visits within a certain period. When one set of faults and their remedies has been dealt with to the best of his ability, he can take up another set.To the end proposed it is necessary that inspecting officers, particularly Deputy Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors and Assistant Sub-Inspectors maintain log books in which to note the programmes of improvement which they are striving to introduce and with regard to which they are prepared to demonstrate in any school.This does not mean that inspection is to be confined to the narrower limit thus indicated ; all sorts of criticisms and suggestions can and should be made at any time, but a compact and continuous policy should always be in evidence (For full instructions see Part II of this Appendix).3. Conferences. - Inspectors may hold periodical conference of their subordinates, e.g., of Deputy Inspectors or of headmasters of high schools, at which views can be exchanged and policy discussed.
Deputy and Sub-Inspectors will find it useful to collect teachers occasionally at convenient centres in their areas, for purposes of discussion and instruction.4. Tour diaries. - The Inspectors and Inspectress will submit monthly tour diaries to the Director.
The Assistant Inspector will submit his monthly diary to the Inspector and the Assistant Inspectress to the Inspectress.Deputy Inspectors will submit their diaries to he Inspector sending at the same time copies to the Chairmen of their respective School Boards.The diaries of Sub-Inspectors will submit their diaries to the Inspector sending at the same time copies to the Chairmen of their respective School Boards.The dairies of Sub-Inspectors will be submitted through Chairmen of School Boards and Deputy Inspectors to the Inspector.Controlling officers to whom tour diaries are submitted are authorised to make deductions from travelling allowance bills in cases where unnecessary or ill-planned touring has been done.The number of days spent by an inspecting officer elsewhere than at his own headquarters under the orders of his departmental superior in compiling or aiding in the compilation of the annual report and returns will be reckoned as days spent on tour.Half the number of days so spent at headquarters by Sadar Sub-Inspectors of schools will be reckoned as tour days up to a maximum of 10 days.5. Inspection by officers outside the Department. - In the case of remarks recorded in the visitors' book or inspection book of a school by the Governor, the Minister, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries or by the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner or other officers not belonging to the Education Department the following procedure is to be observed :
(a)In English Schools-6. Inspection by the Director of Public Instruction and other Departmental Officer. - Before a visit of the Director of Public Instruction to any High or Normal School, the Headmaster. Headmistress or Superintendent will prepare and have ready for him a half-margin summary note of the instructions and criticisms contained in his last inspection note and any intermediate notes of other officers with a brief statement opposite of the action taken thereupon in each case.
Headmasters, Headmistresses, Superintendents and Assistant Headmasters will also on such occasions submit a note of any innovation they have introduced to which they wish to invite attention or any particular department of the school work which has engaged their special attention with a view to improvement.A copy of the note recorded in the visitor's book or inspection book of school by an educational officer above the rank of the Deputy Inspector of Schools should be sent to the officer who recorded it. In the case of notes recorded by the Director of Public Instruction a copy should also be sent to the Inspector of Schools.7. Reference to Civil Officers. - Standing orders provided for reference to civil officers by the Inspecting staff in certain cases.
Apart from cases thus provided for, the Inspector should take every opportunity of keeping the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner informed of current charges and developments and of seeking their advice.Part II
Log Book Circular No. 8266-6a-31-166 of 1971 of the Then Director of Public InstructionDated 12th October, 19472. It is not a primary part of the duties of Divisional Inspector, whose lower grade schools are numbered by the thousand, to advice with regard to any particular school of this class that in Geography the teaching is fair, in Arithmetic indifferent. It is his duty to examine the school primarily with reference to the work of the local inspecting staff. If he finds in a school at headquarters that the teaching, the organisation, the administration is remediably unsound, he may conclude that the faults he finds are multiplied a hundred-fold in the sub-division. The application of this advice, his approval or his censure, should be less to the school authority than to the Deputy Inspector and, if much may and place in the (Inspection Book) of the school, much should also find place in the log book of the Deputy Inspector. It will be clear that remarks in praise of or derogatory to a Deputy Inspector should find no place in the inspection book of a school. On the other hand, such remarks communicated by word of mouth too frequently go in at one ear and out at the other, finding no abiding place in the memories either of the Inspectors who issue them or of the Deputy Inspectors to whom they are issued.
3. A defect of continuity or persistence of purpose is common to inspection throughout the State. A perusal of almost any inspection book will show that stark and corrigible faults have been in existence for ten years in schools which have been inspected in that period some twenty or thirty times. Intermittent notes neglect them. Seldom or never is any continuity or persistency manifest save a general and unfocused purpose of improvement. In the result I find schools light beneath the weight of ten years good advice totally disregarded.
4. It is common in these times to speak of military discipline. We may stop very far short of that and yet move far ahead of our present disciplinary relations. Some evidences of purpose are required, some exercise of discipline, the state of affairs will no longer serve when an inspecting officer of any grade can visit a school with little in his mind save a general idea of investigation or improvement and, resuming his tour in the same circle months later, visit the same school with the same ambition equally earnest but applying itself in neglect of what has gone before. I suggest that Inspectors should frame annually a definite and limited policy of improvement, and should invite Deputy Inspectors to do the same that, item by item the policy should be pursued and overtaken, being corrected and enlarged periodically as success follows its application.
5. To the end proposed it is necessary that inspecting officers, particularly Deputy and Sub-Inspectors (and Assistant Sub-Inspectors)* shall hereafter maintain log books in which they note the programme of improvement which they are striving to introduce and with regard to which they are prepared to demonstrate in the headquarters schools or any others which the Inspector may select, the Inspector on his periodical visit of inspection to the sub-division might record his views upon the reality and value of the Deputy Inspector's ideas and the success attending his efforts to have them brought into effect. The Deputy Inspector might act similarly with reference to the Sub- Inspectors (and Assistant Sub-Inspectors)* serving under him.
6. It will of course be understood that a Deputy Inspector deciding to concentrate on particular points cannot thereby exempt himself from the duties of general inspection. He must not, for example, allow the pandits to neglect Geography became he is paying particular attention to History, to allow untidiness to flourish on slates because he has set his heart on securing neatness and care on paper. Further, it i inadvisable that any one should fix on a large number of items on which to concentrate or should pass from any programme of advance before he has assured himself that the ground gained has been consolidated.
7. Generally speaking, what is desirable to abolish absolutely from our system is the habit of satisfying the the demands of inspection by the mere discovery of defects-defects which could have been postulated without a visit, the habit of inspection by a kick in passing, the lack of definite purpose and of concentration and continuity of purpose-faults all of them from which some of our inspecting officers are happily free but which vitiate in a greater or lesser degree the work of many.
Finally, I would advise inspecting officers to avoid extremes of praise or blame. There are few schools which merit either. The great majority are middling. And the safer course ordinarily is to improve and to build upon what is good in a school than to proceed merely by the deletion and reprobation of what is bad.In all cases the inspecting officer is in a strong position. Failure to obey list instructions may be followed by disciplinary action-withdrawal of recognition, reduction of grant and so forth. The more sparingly such action is used the better. But if it is used should be used firmly.8. Inspecting officers must not regard these instructions as partaking of the nature of a reprimand. But many are inexperienced, many lack instruction, and on the whole the energy and the ability of the inspecting staff are not being applied to the best advantage. A much more rapid rate of improvement is possible in our schools than now obtains-a much more rapid rate will, I am sure, follow whole-hearted action on the lines indicated.
9. I shall be happy to publish periodically for guidance any useful schemes or programmes framed and successfully carried out by individual inspecting officers of all grades. It would be of particular value in connection with any such scheme if the officer responsible for it indicated the means which he had used to secure economy of effort and the full co-operation of the teachers concerned e.g., by holding central meetings of teachers at which discussion might proceed and at which individual teachers whose work had been marked out as good might demonstrate for the guidance of their fellows.
10. One hundred are fifty spare copies are enclosed. Inspectors will issue instructions to officers serving under them and will take such measures as are necessary to ensure that their instructions are regarded.
Inspection note on the log book of a Deputy Inspector of Schools11. This will not do at all. I have spoken at length to the Deputy Inspector.
The programme is general instead of specific. I want something much less ambitious. Let the Deputy Inspector divided the field of view into compartments, say-12. A single point or subject having been selected for special attention, let the Deputy Inspector concentrate on this point until he has achieved a substantial and lasting improvement.
13. It will not, of course, suffice merely to record in the log book the point or points selected for attention. In hat case two words might suffice for years, e.g.-
14. That I may not write merely critically but indicate how it is that the work should be done about: I give an example :- The Deputy Inspector tells me that he would like to concentrate on handwriting. Well, that is a wide subject. But, suppose that it can be taken as a whole, a programme might be worked out on some such lines as these :
I. Handwriting on slates and in copy books.AimsTo secure clean work in strict accordance with the syllabus and with the models set by the writing slips or reading sheets.Faults to be corrected| 1795 | 3 | 17953 | ||
| 816 | 4 | 8164 | ||
| 234 | 58 | Instead of- | 23458 | |
| 45 | 6 | 456 | ||
| 17 | 124 | 0 | 171240 |
15. With regard to the means to be adopted to effect an improvement. I must leave matters to the Deputy Inspector advising only on these points as indicative :
16. These are merely suggestions. Thought and experience will reveal to the Deputy Inspector the lines on which he can most usefully proceed. He will have to bear in mind however that so far as formal writing in copy book is concerned, the teacher can give but little supervision while the work is actually in progress. Having several classes to deal with, he sets one or more to their copy books in order to leave him free to take other subjects in the remaining classes. Let it also be borne in mind that good writing in copy books is a subsidiary matter, and is meaningless except as a step towards the accomplishment of neat, clear, regular handwriting. The true test of a school in this subject is not its copy-book writing but its writing in exercise books, on slates and in examination papers.
Appendix 9Principal Points for Office InspectionPart I
Office of Inspectors and Inspectress of Schools1. Are the Account Rules observed ?
2. Are following registers or books maintained and kept up to date ;
(i)Cash Book-(a)To be compared with the subsidiary registers (ii) and (iii).(b)Is it checked by the officer-in-charge ?(c)Are all erasure and alterations authenticated by the initials of the Controlling Officer ?(ii)Contingent register-(a)Is a separate part of the register allotted to each kind of contingencies ?(b)Are all vouchers which do not accompany the bills which they vouch for duly cancelled by the drawing officer ?(c)Are detailed bills punctually submitted to the controlling officer ?(d)Are all erasures and alterations authenticated by the initials of the controlling officer ?(e)When was the cash balance last tested ?(iii)Acquittance roll of establishment-Are all sums drawn promptly disbursed, actual payees' receipts being taken and undisbursed amounts duly refunded ?(iv)Registers of countersigned bills-3. Are the circular file books in order and up to date, Government and Departmental circulars being filed separately ?
4. Is a catalogue of the office library maintained ?
5. Is an account of service stamps maintained and does it show the exercise of a careful economy ?
6. Does every office assistant have a list of returns and reports due to the Head office, and are such returns and reports submitted punctually ?
7. Are reminders issued when they are due ?
8. Are the service books complete with all entries therein duly attested ?
9. Are the manuals and the codes up to date with the correction slips duly posted and all revivals noted ?
10. Is due economy observed in contract contingent expenditure ?
11. Are the office assistants punctual in attendance ?
12. Does the work of any assistant call for special commendation or for censure ?
13. Is the office well arranged and the rooms clean and is good order ?
14. Are arrangements made for the periodical destruction of useless records ?
15. Observance of rules and orders.
16. General remarks.
Part II
Offices of Deputy Inspectors of SchoolsAccounts1. Are the following registers or book maintained in appropriate forms and posted up to date :
2. Are village school matters bills properly checked by the Deputy Inspector (to be ascertained by test of a few bills selected at random) ?
3. Are the tour diaries of the Deputy Inspectors, the Sub-Inspectors and Assistant Sub-Inspectors submitted in the beginning of the month following hat to which they relate ?
4. Are the circulars filed ? Are there separate files for Government and Departmental circulars ? Are they up to date ?
5. Is there a list of returns and reports due to the Divisional office with the dates for submission noted against each ? Are such reports and returns submitted, punctually ?
6. Are manuals, codes and regulations up to date with correction slips posted ?
7. Is due economy observed in contract contingent expenditure ?
8. Are the service books complete with all entries duly attested ?
9. Are arrangements made for the periodical destruction of useless records ?
Part III
Offices of Government Colleges and Schools1. Are the Account Rules observed and, in particular, are the following books or registers properly maintained in the prescribed forms and kept up to date :
2. Is there a catalogue of books in the library ? Is it up to date and in proper form ?
3. Is there a loan book ? Does it show whether proper use is made of the library by students and teachers ?
4. Is the stock book of the furniture and apparatus kept up to date ?
5. Are the manuals and codes in the office kept up to date with correction slips properly posted and revisals duly noted ?
6. Are the circular files (Government and departmental) complete ? Have they been properly filed ?
7. Attendance register of pupils and students-
How kept ? Is the procedure for disposal of applications for leave as laid down in the rules regulating attendance in schools duly followed ?8. Does the attendance register show that the teaching staff attend regularly and punctually ?
9. Admission register-
10. Monthly returns-
11. Governing Body's or Committee's (in case of high schools) proceeding book-
12. Is there a casual leave register for the staff ?
13. Does the school (High school) strictly follow the orders in regard to the maintenance of a record of pupils' work set forth in Circular No. 23, dated the 28th November, 1913 ?
14. Games fund accounts-
15. Is the account of laboratory deposit (in college) properly kept ?
16. Is there a file of transfer certificate issued ? Is it complete ?
(To be compared with the attendance and admission registers).17. Is there a file of transfer certificate received ? Is it complete ?
(To be compared with admission and attendance register).18. Is there a register (in High schools) showing the career of pupils (report register) as required under rules ? Are termly reports of pupils issued regularly and at the close of each term ?
19. Are the service books up to date with all entries duly attested ?
20. General remarks as to the condition of the office.
Hostels21. Have the following registers been maintained and made use of-
22. Are the hostel rules duly observed ?
23. Are seat rents, etc., duly deposited in the treasury and credited to Government ?
Appendix 10Financial Responsibility| Sl. No. | Authority | Substance of orders | |
| 1. | Paragraph II of Letter No. 64 dated 9thFebruary, 1917, from the Director of Public Instruction, Assam,to the Second Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Assam. | In the Director's office the accounts and cashand under the charge of the Superintendent who is not required tofurnish security. | |
| 2. | Paragraph 1(2), of the Local Administration'sOrders No. 3368-E, dated 7th May, 1917. | In the office of the Inspectors and theInspectors of Schools the charge of the accounts and cash is withthe Head Assistants from whom a security of Rs. 100 must betaken. No sum in excess of Rs. 80 should remain overnight in thehands of the assistants. Should there on any special occasion bea balance in excess of this sum, the Inspector or Inspectressmust arrange personally for the safe custody of the money, and beresponsible for it. | |
| 3. (a) | Orders not traceable. | (a) Deputy Inspectors ; and | |
| (b) | Assam Administration Letter No. 681 Misc.4262-R, dated 6th October, 1962. | (b) Sub-Inspectors of Schools are not requiredto furnish security. | |
| 4. | Paragraph 1(4) of Local Administration's OrderNo. 3368-E, dated the 7th May, 1917. | The Office Assistants of Deputy Inspectors areexempted from the liability to furnish security, theresponsibility for all the monetary transactions of their officesbeing charged directly upon the Deputy Inspectors themselves. | |
| 5. | Rule 2 of the rules for the keeping of accountsin Government Colleges and paragraph 1(1) of the LocalAdministration's Order No. 3368-E, dated 7th May, 1917. | In Government Colleges the Head Assistants arein charge of accounts and cash, etc., security being taken from,them at the following rates : Head Assistant Cotton College,Gauhati-Rs. 300. No sums should be allowed to remain overnight inthe hands of the Head Assistants in excess of Rs. 270. In theevent of there being a balance in excess of the aforesaid amountson any special occasions, the Principal must arrange personallyfor the safe custody of the money and be responsible for it. | |
| 6. | Paragraph 3 of Eastern Bengal and AssamGovernment, Education Department Letter No. 8311-C, dated 7thJuly, 1907, and Local Administration's Letter No. 7219-E, dated25th September, 1917. | The Headmasters and Headmistresses of GovernmentHigh Schools or institutions of similar or higher status areexempted from the liability to furnish security. | |
| 7. | Clause (3) of Local Administration's Order No.3368-E, dated 7th May, 1917, and Local Administration's LetterNo. 7219-E, dated 24lh September, 1917. | The Headmasters and Headmistresses of GovernmentMiddle Schools or institutions or similar or lower status areexempted from the liability to furnish security. | |
| 8. | Paragraph 3 of the Local Administration's OrderNo. 2871-E, dated 26th June, 1916 and Local Administration'sLetter No. 7219- E, dated 24th September, 1917. | Assistants in all educational institutions(except colleges) are exempted from the liability to furnishsecurity, the responsibility for all the monetary transactions oftheir offices being charged directly upon the officer-in-chargeof the institutions. |