Section 119 in The Goa, Daman and Diu School Education Rules, 1986
119. Regulation of admission to class VIII.
(1)No student shall be admitted to class VIII unless he has passed class VII of a school.(2)Students who, without having passed the examination for promotion from class VII of a recognised school, have appeared as private candidates at any public examination, and have failed to pass such examination, shall not be admitted to class VIII or to any class higher than class VIII.
