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The Arunachal Pradesh Education Act, 2010

The Arunachal Pradesh Education Act, 2010

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This Act establishes the legal framework for organizing, developing, and controlling elementary, secondary, and teacher education institutions throughout the state of Arunachal Pradesh. It aims to improve the quality of education by promoting academic discipline and healthy practices while fostering the mental and physical development of students. The law applies to all approved schools and tutorial institutions, excluding certain higher education bodies and central government-funded technical institutions. By setting standards for management and administration, the Act seeks to ensure a systematic and effective educational system for the state's population.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Shorttitle, extent, application and commencement —(1) This Act may be
  3. 2. Definitions: - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
  4. 3. Regulation of Education :-
  5. 4. Prohibition of private tuition
  6. 5. Promotion of education of the weaker sections and the physically
  7. 6. Educational institutions to be in accordance with this Act
  8. 7. Government to prescribe curricula, etc
  9. 8. Appointment of Officers:- (1) The State Government shall constitute as
  10. 9. District Education Officers and other subordinate officers and staff at the districtlevel
  11. 10. Constitution of Board/Commission/State Council of Educational Research
  12. 11. State Government to direct by notification Elementary Education to be free and compulsory in the entire State
  13. 12. Enforcement of provisions of sections 13 to 143:- Subject to grammatical
  14. 13. Schemes for Free and Compulsory Elementary Education:-(1 )Any local
  15. 14. Attendance authorities and their powers and duties :
  16. 15. Responsibility of parent to cause his child to attend school
  17. 16. Reasonable excuse for non-attendance
  18. 17. Special schools for physically or mentally challenged children
  19. 18. Attendance orders:- (1) Wherever the attendance authority has reason to
  20. 19. Children not to be employed so as to prevent them from attending school:-
  21. 20. Elementary Education to be free and compulsory :- (1) No fee shall be
  22. 21. Age of child, how to be computed:- The age of a child for the purposes of
  23. 22. Examinations :- (1) The examination/continuous and comprehensive
  24. 23. Duties of certain persons entrusted with the examination work :- No
  25. 24. Prohibition of copying/unfair means at Examination, etc :- (1) No person
  26. 25. Prohibition of impersonating at Examinations:- No person shall appear
  27. 26. Prohibition of loitering near Examinations Centre, etc:- No person, save
  28. 27. Alteration of the answers written at an examination, etc :- No person
  29. 28. Duty of employees of educational institutions to do examination work:-
  30. 29. Educational institutions to be registered :- (1) Save as otherwise provided
  31. 30. Procedure for registration of educational institutions:- (1) Any local
  32. 31. Up-gradation of educational institutions ete :- (1) Up-gradation of the
  33. 32. Registration of a recognized educational institution:- (1) Notwithstanding
  34. 33. Cancellation of registration:- (1) Where it appears to the registering
  35. 34. Registration of Tutorial Institutions:- (1) (a) On or after the commencement
  36. 35. Recognition :- (1) Recognition may be accorded to any educational
  37. 36. Expertbody :- (1) The State Government shall subject to such rules. as
  38. 37. Recognition of existing institution, ete:- (1) Notwithstanding anything
  39. 38. Withdrawal of recognition: - (1) Where any local authority or the Governing
  40. 40. Management of recognized educational institutions :- (1) No recognized
  41. 41. Managing Committee:
  42. 42. President and Secretary:- (1) There shall be a President and Secretary for
  43. 44. Meetings, etc. :- (1) The Managing Committee shall hold such number of
  44. 45. Powers and functions of the Managing Committee
  45. 46. Admission, etc., to be according to rules: - Admission in the
  46. 47. Fees:
  47. 48. Multipurpose Co-operative Societies in consultation with National Bank.
  48. 49. Act 100f1949).
  49. 100. Furnishing of list of properties
  50. 101. Utilization of funds, etc
  51. 102. Goveming Council, as arrears of land revenue and credit it to the account of the institution.
  52. 103. State Government.
  53. 104. Restriction on alienation of property of private educational
  54. 105. Liability of Secretary to repay debts incurred in certain cases :- Where
  55. 106. CHAPTER-XVI State Educational Advisory Council, etc.
  56. 107. Standing Committee : (1) There shall be a Standing Committee of the
  57. 108. Standing Committee shall be such as may be prescribed.
  58. 109. Committee shll be such as may be prescribed.
  59. 110. Penalty for contravention of section 18
  60. 111. Penalty for contravention of section 19
  61. 112. Provided that the amount of fine in any one year shall not exceed five hundred rupees.
  62. 113. Penalty for ragging : (1) No person who is a student in an educational
  63. 114. Penalty for copying at examination : ‘Whoever is found by an invigilator
  64. 115. Penalty for impersonating at examination
  65. 116. Punishment for loitering, etc., near an examination centre
  66. 117. Punishment for alteration of answers written at an examination
  67. 118. Prohibition of other malpractices at examinations, etc :- Any person who
  68. 119. Punishment for contravention of section 28
  69. 120. Penalty for establishing unregistered educational institutions etc :- Any
  70. 121. Penalty for maintaining or running unregistered tutorial
  71. 122. Penalty for collecting money in contravention of section 50:- Where any
  72. 123. Penalty for contravention of code of conduct by Governing Council:-
  73. 124. Penalty for failure to give notice of closure of institutions:- Ifthe Governing
  74. 125. Penalties not otherwise provided for:- If any person contravenes or
  75. 126. Offences by companies:- (1) Where an offence against any of the
  76. 129. Review
  77. 130. Powers of Government to give directions:- (1) The State Government may,
  78. 131. Power to enter and inspect
  79. 132. Penalty for obstructing officer or other person exercising powers under
  80. 133. Protection
  81. 134. Investigation and cognizance of offences:- (1) No court shall take
  82. 135. Punishment for abetment of offences
  83. 136. Enquiry and proceedings : All proceedings or enquiries before the tribunal
  84. 137. Application of the Act to certain institutions
  85. 138. Officers and persons to be a public servant:- For the purpose of this Act
  86. 139. Interpretation of the provisions of this Act and removal of difficulties:-
  87. 140. Delegation :- The State Government may by notification in the Official
  88. 141. Power to make rules :- (1) The State Government may, by notification
  89. 142. Laying of rules before Legislative Assembly :- Every rule made by the
  90. 143. Savings :- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, all rules,
  91. C. P. Mansai,

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