The Andhra Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Grant-in-Aid (Regulation) Act, 1988
The Andhra Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Grant-in-Aid (Regulation) Act, 1988
The Andhra Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Grant-in-Aid (Regulation) Act, 1988, was enacted to strictly control the financial burden on the state government regarding private schools. It effectively froze the eligibility for government financial assistance (grant-in-aid) for institutions established after specific cutoff dates in 1977 and 1985. The Act mandates that no new institution or additional school section can receive funding without a specific recommendation from a government-constituted committee. It serves as a fiscal control mechanism, preventing the unchecked expansion of state-funded private education and providing a legal basis for the government to recover funds paid to ineligible institutions.
- 1. Short title, application and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. The words and expressions used in this Act, shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982 (Act 1 of 1982).
- 4. Release of grant-in-aid in respect of certain additional sections and posts
- 5. Recovery of grant-in-aid in certain cases
- 6. Provided that no order under this section shall be made unless the management of the concerned educational institution has had an opportunity of making a representation.
- 7. Avoidance of certain claims
- 8. Repeal of Ordinance
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