Procedure for Registration

(1) Any educational agency intending to establish a private school and any person intending that an institution already in existence should be continued as such, shall make an application to the Registering Authority for registration within such period and in such manner along with such fee as may be prescribed. (2) The Registering Authority, on receipt of the application, shall make such enquiries as he considers necessary in order to satisfy himself- (a) that there is need for providing educational facilities to the people in the locality or for the type of education intended to be provided by such school; (b) that there is adequate financial provision for continued and efficient maintenance of such institutions as prescribed by the competent authority; (c) that the site for the building, playground and garden proposed to be provided and the building in which the institution is proposed to be housed conform to the rules prescribed there for; (d) that the buildings and premises will provide adequate facilities with due regard, safety and hygiene; (e) that the teachers, tutors and non-teaching staff are qualified, adequate and adequately paid according to the standards and norms prescribed by rules under this Act; (f) that the fees to be charged is not disproportionate to the facilities provided and does not exceed limits prescribed by rules under this Act; (g) that there is no reason to believe that the institution will not be run in an undesirable manner or by undesirable persons; (h) that the institution follows a curriculum and syllabus prescribed by the Academic Authority, Board or Council or any other prescribed authority established under any other law of the State Legislature or the Parliament; and (i) that no book which has not been approved by the Central or State Boards or which has not been published and printed by it, is prescribed for study in the private school. (3) If the Registering Authority, after an enquiry within ninety days of the making of the application under sub-section (1), is satisfied in respect of the matters set out in sub-section (2), he shall proceed to give registration in the prescribed manner. (4) The educational agency to whom a certificate is granted shall be responsible for due compliance of the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder and terms and conditions, if any, on which the certificate is granted. (5) The certificate granted under sub-section (3) shall remain valid for a period of two years within which the educational agency shall establish the school and obtain recognition from the recognition authority.