Chapter VI ADMISSION TO SCHOOL AND FEES

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16. Admission to recognised school

Statutory text

(1) A child who has not attained the age of six years, shall not be admission to Class I, or an equivalent class or any class higher than class I, in a recognised school.
(2) A student seeking admission for the first time in a recognised school in a class higher than class I, shall not be admitted to that class if his age reduced by the number of years of normal study between that class and class I or an equivalent class, falls short of six years.
(3) Admission to a recognised school or to any class thereof shall be regulated by rules as may be described.

Chapter VI ADMISSION TO SCHOOL AND FEES

Statutory text

(1) No aided school shall levy any fee or collect any other charge or receive any other payment except those as may be prescribed including those listed under Section 18 of the Act.
(2) Every aided school having different rates of fees or other charges or different funds shall obtain prior approval of the prescribed authority before levying such fees or collecting such charges or creating such funds.
(3) The managing committee of every recognised school shall, before the commencement of each academic session, file with the appropriate authority a full statement of the fees to be prescribed and levied by such school during the ensuing academic session, and except with the prior approval of the Director, no such school shall charge, during that academic session any fee in excess of the fee so prescribed.

Chapter VI ADMISSION TO SCHOOL AND FEES

Statutory text

(1) In every aided school, there shall be a fund, to be called the School fund and there shall be credited thereto-
- (a) any aid granted by the Government;
- (b) income accruing to the school by way of fees, charges or other payments; and
- (c) any other contributions, endowments and the like made to the school.
(2) The School Fund and all other funds, established with the approval of the Director, shall be accounted for and operated in accordance with the rules as may be prescribed.
(3) In every recognised unaided school, not being a minority school there shall be a fund to be called the Recognised Unaided School Fund and there shall be credited thereto income accruing to the school by way of-
- (a) fees;
- (b) any charges and payments which may be realised by the school for other specific purposes; and
- (c) any other contributions, endowments, gifts and the like made to the school.
(4) (a) Income derived by recognised unaided schools by way of fees shall be utilised only for such educational purposes as may be prescribed, and
- (b) charges and payments realised and all other contributions, endowments and gifts received by the school shall be utilised only for the specific purpose for which they were realised or received.
(5) The managing committee of every aided school shall file every year with the appropriate authority such financial and other returns as may be prescribed, and every such return shall be audited by such authority as may be prescribed.

Chapter VI ADMISSION TO SCHOOL AND FEES

Statutory text

(1) For the purpose of any public examination every recognised high school shall be affiliated to one or more of the Boards or Councils conducting such examination and shall fulfil the conditions specified by the Board or Council in this behalf.
(2) The students of every recognised high school, middle school and primary school shall be prepared for, and presented to the public examination or such other form of evaluation, as may be held by recognised Boards or Councils conducting such examinations, or by the Director, or by such authority as may be approved by the State Government. Provided that if any student is physically, academically or otherwise found to be unfit to appear as such public examination, he may not be presented to such examination.

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