Section 4 in The Delhi School Education Rules, 1973
4. Classification of Schools.
(1)The schools in Delhi shall be classified by the Director into any of the following categories, namely :-(a)(i)pre-primary schools, that is to say, schools imparting education below the primary stage,(ii)primary schools, that is to say, schools imparting primary stage of education, whether or not in addition to any education below the primary stage,(iii)middle schools, that is to say, schools imparting middle stage of education, whether or not in addition to any education below the middle stage,(iv)[ secondary schools, that is to say, schools imparting secondary stage of education, whether or not in addition to any education below the secondary stage. [Substituted clause (iv) Clause (a) Substituted the Delhi School Education (Amendment) Rules, 1990 (w.e.f. 23.2.1990).](v)senior secondary schools, that is to say, schools imparting senior secondary stage of education, whether or not in addition to education below the senior secondary stage].whether any such school is run by:(A)any individual, group of individuals, trust or society either with aid, or without aid, from the Administration or any local authority, or(B)any local authority or the Director;(b)Government Teachers Training Institute;(c)Government Industrial Schools;(d)Government Social Education and Community Centre in rural areas;(e)institutions which prepare candidates for such examinations in Arabic, Persian or Sanskrit as are recognised by the Central Government or which prepare candidates for examinations in such other languages as may be recognised by the Central Government;(f)Government schools or aided private schools for fine arts, music, crafts or physical culture.(2)whether the Director is of opinion that as a result of:-(a)the change in the policy of Government with regard to school education, or(b)a school, falling in one category, ceasing to fall in that category or the acquisition by a school of a status justifying its re-classification to a higher or lower category, it is necessary so to do, he may reclassify such school into such category as he may think fit.
