Power to grant and withdraw affiliation

19. Power to grant and withdraw affiliation – (1) The Board shall have the power to grant affiliation of Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools or any other school established or to be established by the non-governmental organizations or private persons on the basis of recommendation of the Committee of Affiliation constituted under section 20 of the Act and it shall have power to make regulations in this regard with the approval of the Department; Provided that the Institutions of imparting education of intermediate (+2) standard deemed to have been recognized under Section 39 of the institutions established and recognized or granted permission for establishment under Section 41 of the Bihar Intermediate Education Council Act, 1992 shall be deemed to have been affiliated with Board for the senior secondary examination. Provided further that all such institutions of Intermediate (+2) Education shall reorganize and rename themselves as Senior Secondary Schools with facilities and teachers for imparting education at secondary stage and senior secondary stage as prescribed by the Regulations to be made by the Board in this regard, and within the time frame indicated in it: (2) The Board shall have the power to withdraw/cancel/suspend affiliation of Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools which have been granted affiliation under subsection (1) of Section 19 or deemed to have been affiliated with the Board under first proviso to Section 19 (1) of the Act, if in the opinion of the Board, the affiliated institutions have failed to maintain the requisite standards for grant of affiliation or have in any manner acted in the detriment or prejudicial to the interest of the students, Board or the education system in general. Provided also that before withdrawing/cancelling affiliation, the Board shall give to the schools or the institutions concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and the students admitted into such schools or institutions shall be allowed to complete their academic sessions and appear at the next examination conducted by the Board. (3) When affiliation of Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools which have been granted affiliation under subsection (1) of Section 19 or deemed to have been affiliated with the Board under first proviso to Section 19 (1) of the Act, is liable to be cancelled, pending final decision regarding withdrawn/cancellation of affiliation, the affiliation, may, at the discretion of the Board, be suspended after recording reasons for the same. No prior show cause notice shall be required to be served upon such institutions, before suspending affiliation.