Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires; (1) “appointed date” means the date on which the remaining provisions of the Act are brought into force under sub – section (3) of section 1; (2) “Board” means the Board established under the Act; (3) “Chairman of the Board” means a person appointed as Chairman of the Board constituted under the Act; (4) “Designated area” means area specified under the rules; (5) “Director of Education” means the Director of Education, Government of Goa, Daman and Diu; (6) “final examination” means the secondary school certificate examination or the higher Secondary and Higher Secondary School Certificate examination conducted or caused to be conducted by the Board; (7) “Government” means the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu; (8) “Head Master” means the person in charge of the academic administration of a secondary or a higher secondary school recognised by the Board; (8a) ‘higher secondary education’ means such general or combination of general and technical or vocational or special education which is designed to meet the educational needs of students in classes XI and XII; (9) ‘Higher Secondary education’ means a higher secondary school recognised as such by the Board under clause (1) of section 5; (10) “institution” means an academic institution imparting secondary or higher secondary education; (11) ‘management’ in respect of Government run institution means of the Director of Education and in case of other institutions means the trustees or the managing or governing body, by whatever name called, of any Trust or of any Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act 21 of 1860) under whose management one or more schools or institutions are run; (12) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this act; (13) “primary education” means education imparted in a primary schools recognised by the Government; (14) “regulation” means the regulation made by the Government under section 48 and by the Board under section 47; (15) “secondary education” means such general, technical, vocational or special education (including any combined course thereof) which is designed to meet the educational needs of the period of adolescence and which follows, immediately the primary education and precedes immediately the higher school education; (16) “secondary education” means a school recognised as such by the Board under sub-section (1) of section 5; (17) “teacher” means a member of the teaching staff other than the head master of the secondary school recognised by the Board; (18) “State” means the State of Goa; (19) “text-book” in relation to the examination under this Act, means any books recommended or otherwise sanctioned by the Board for use of that examination. a) The syllabus for Std. VIII to X to be followed by the Secondary school, recognised by the Board shall be the same as were prescribed for corresponding standards by the Government of Goa, under the new ten years patterns, immediately before the appointed day. b) The syllabus for Std. XI and XII to be followed by the Higher Secondary schools recognized by the Board will be the same as prescribed by Government of Goa, before the appointed day. c) The syllabus for Secondary School Certificate Examination and that for Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination referred to above will be the syllabus for Standard X and XII respectively. However, while testing a candidate in the practical examination at the final examination on the basis of the syllabus for Std. X and XII respectively the journals in Science and Technical subjects completed by him in Standards IX-X and Standards XI-XII respectively will be taken into consideration. d) The syllabus referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall continue to be in force until duly repealed or amended by the Board with the sanction of the Government and any amendments or changes made therein from time to time shall be notified to the heads of the recognized Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools respectively at least six months before the commencement of the academic year from which such changes are to be effective: Provided that the Board may in the interest of the candidates notify such amendments or changes any time during the school year, but not later than six months from the beginning of the academic year. 1) A Person who has pursued the prescribed course of study privately and has completed the practical course prescribed for Std. IX and X in a recognised Secondary School Certificate Examination as a private candidate subject to the following conditions: (a) He has been resident of the Territory for a period of not less than two years, prior to the date of the commencement of the Secondary School Certificate Examination at which he desires to appear. The Chairman may, in exceptional cases condone a deficiency in the period of two years residence in the territory; (b) He was not on the roll of a Secondary School in the Territory during the academic year preceding the date of Secondary School Certificate Examination at which he desires to appear; (c) He must have completed the age of 18 years not later than 1st March of that year in the case of the examination to be held in March and not later than 1st October of that year in the case of the examination to be held in October. Each applicant shall furnish satisfactory evidence in support of the correctness of his date of birth; Note :- The age of 18 years may be relaxed upto 17 years in case of a physically disabled candidate which is unable to attend the school . Note :- Not withstanding anything contained in conditions (a), (b) and (c) above; (i) A candidate being a citizen of India who has been a regular student of a secondary school overseas and who has completed the course of studies for an examination equivalent to the Secondary School Certificate Examination (e.g. Senior Cambridge) may be permitted to appear at the Examination as a Private candidate; (ii) A candidate sent up as a regular student (i.e. after having undergone the prescribed /minimum attendance at a recognized institution) but failing at the corresponding examination of any other statutory Board or University or University in India or at the Entrance Examination of a statutory University in India or at the Senior Cambridge or Indian School Certificate Examination or at the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination or the Higher Secondary (Multipurpose) School Certificate Examination Board, Poona, may be permitted to appear at the Examination as a private candidate provided that such a candidate has not joined a Secondary school since his failure at the other examination concerned. Provided that :- (a) It shall be competent for the Board to prevent permanently or for such specific period as the Board may determine in each case any secondary school which forwards under this sub-clause, applications of private candidates without proper scrutiny, from forwarding such applications, except the applications of their own bonafide past students; (b) Unless specially permitted by the Board to do so, no Secondary School shall forward more than 25 applications from persons other than its own bonafide past students, for permission to appear as private candidate at any one Examination, provided that it shall be competent for the Chairman to relax, on the merits of each case, the said limit and allow a secondary school to forward more than 25 applications, at any one Examination from bonafide private candidates other than its own past students; (c) It shall be competent for the Board to debar an applicant employing malpractices to secure permission to appear at the examination as a private candidate under clause (1) above from applying for permission to appear for the Examination for a period of two years from the month and year of the Examination for which permission is sought, even if such a candidate is otherwise eligible and further forfeit the enrolment fee if already paid and cancel the enrolment certificate, if already issued. 2) Each applicant will have to pay Rs. 10/- as enrolment fee alongwith the application to, be submitted through the head of the Secondary School last attended, for permission to appear for the Secondary School Certificate Examination. If the said school does not exist, or is de-recognized or refuses to forward the application the applicant shall submit the application through the head of any other recognized Secondary School within the jurisdiction of the Board. The enrolment fee will be refunded if he is found ineligible under the rule. 3) If a private candidate is unable to submit his application before the date fixed by the Board, the Secretary may admit his application if it is received with a late fee of Rs. 5/- not later than the 10th day after the date fixed by the Board. 4) An applicant held eligible for enrolment as a private candidate will be issued an enrolment certificate which should be attached to the application for admission to the Secondary School Certificate Examination to be forwarded through the Head of the Secondary School concerned. 5) A private candidate may be charged by the Head of the Secondary School concerned a fee of Rs. 2/- for forwarding the application for special permission to the In the Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Rules, 1975, (hereinafter referred to as “principal Rules”), for Chapter II, the following chapters shall be substituted, namely. 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