section 13
Powers, duties and functions of Zilla Parishad
The Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947Education194766 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Zilla Parishad shall have control over all approved schools within the district and may grant aid to any approved school other than a primary school maintained by the State Government or by an authorized municipality.
- (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, and so far as its district fund will allow, the Zilla Parishad shall perform the following duties and functions:—
- (a) to provide for the welfare of the children attending primary schools;
- (b) to maintain an adequate number of primary schools;
- (c) to provide adequate accommodation and equipment for primary schools;
- (d) to maintain an adequate staff of Assistant Administrative Officers, Supervisors, Attendance Officers, clerks, teachers, Assistant Teachers (Probationary), inferior servants and other staff;
- (e) to maintain an adequate number of engineering staff required for the construction and maintenance of schools and other buildings;
- (f) to determine, on the recommendation of the Parishad Education Officer, the distance measured according to the nearest road between an approved school and the residence of a child for purposes of clause
- (c) of section 33;
- (g) to determine with the approval of the Parishad Education Officer the hours of instruction and the number and duration of vacations;
- (h) to determine the exact location of primary schools;
- (i) to grant on the recommendation of the Parishad Education Officer exemption from attending an approved school to a child who is receiving instruction otherwise than in an approved school;
- (j) to sanction all tenders for the supply of forms, stationery, furniture or equipment;
- (k) to open additional schools;
- (l) to recommend to the Director such modifications in the curriculum as may seem necessary to suit local requirements;
- (m) to advise the State Government generally in respect of primary education within the district;
- (n) to carry on propaganda for the expansion of primary education;
- (o) to perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed.
- (3) The Zilla Parishad shall from time to time with the sanction of the Director make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder for—
- (i) laying down the days, the times and the periods on each day during which a child shall be present for instruction at an approved school;
- (ii) determining the constitution, powers and duties of the taluka advisory committees;
- (iii) the supply of books, slates, educational requisites, milk, meals or clothes to children of any age receiving primary education, if provision for such supply is made. 14. [Deleted] [Deleted] 15. [Deleted] [Deleted]
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