Definitions

Definitions.-In this unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "academic year" means the year beginning on such date as the Government may specify with respect to any area or school ;
2. (b) "aided school" means a private school which is recognised by and is or has been receiving grant-in-aid from the Government ;
3. (c) "child" means a boy or a girl within such age-group not being less than 6 or more than 14 years at the beginning of the academic year ;
4. (d) "competent authority" means any gazetted officer not below the rank of a District Education Officer appointed by the Government for carrying out the purposes of this Act ;
5. (e) "Educational Agency" means any individual, Society, Trust or body of persons registered with the Government and permitted to establish, run or maintain any private school under this Act ;
6. (f) "Educational Block" means such area as may be notified by the Government to be an Educational Block for the purposes of this Act ;
7. (g) "existing school" means any Government school or Government aided or recognised school established before the commencement of this Act and continuing as such at the time of such commencement ;
8. (h) "Government" means the Government of Jammu and Kashmir ;
   • (i) "Government school" means a school run by the Education Department of the Government ;
9. (j) "Parent" in relation to any child includes a guardian and every person who has the actual custody of the child ;
10. (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
11. (l) "private school" means a school established, run or maintained by an Educational agency and recognised by the Government ;
12. (m) "recognised school" means a school recognised under this Act ;
13. (n) "school" means an educational institution primarily meant for imparting education up to and including the higher secondary level and includes-
    • (i) such institutions as are meant for providing instructions and training for teachers;
    • (ii) lands, buildings, playgrounds, hostels and movable properties such as furniture, books, apparatus, maps and equipment, owned by and used for the activities of the educational institution ;
14. (o) "State" means the State of Jammu and Kashmir.