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The Puducherry School Education Act, 1987

The Puducherry School Education Act, 1987

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The Puducherry School Education Act, 1987 regulates the establishment, management, recognition, and operation of private pre-primary, primary, middle, and higher secondary schools across the Union Territory of Puducherry. It applies to private educational agencies, school managers, teachers, employees, and students, while outlining specific provisions for minority-run institutions. This law matters because it establishes governmental oversight to ensure academic standards, regulate tuition fees, enforce proper accounting of school funds, and safeguard teachers and staff by establishing clear qualifications, service conditions, codes of conduct, and appellate tribunals for employment disputes.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Power of Government to regulate school education
  4. 4. New private school to obtain permission
  5. 5. Application for permission and sending of statement
  6. 6. Grant of permission
  7. 7. Permission deemed to be granted in certain cases
  8. 8. Approval of transfer of permission
  9. 9. Minority school to be established without permission
  10. 10. Minority schools to send statements
  11. 11. Scheme of management
  12. 12. Recognition of private school
  13. 13. Withdrawal of recognition by appropriate authority
  14. 14. Effect of withdrawal of recognition
  15. 15. Payment of grant
  16. 16. School property
  17. 17. Qualifications, conditions of service, etc., of teachers and other persons employed in recognised schools
  18. 18. Appointment of teachers and other employees in recognised schools
  19. 19. Teachers and other persons employed in recognised schools to be governed by Code of Conduct
  20. 20. Suspension of teachers or other persons of recognised schools
  21. 21. Appeal against orders of punishment imposed on teachers and other persons employed in recognised schools
  22. 22. Second appeal in case of dismissal, removal or reduction in rank or termination of teachers or other persons employed in recognised schools
  23. 23. Special provision regarding appeal in certain past disciplinary cases
  24. 24. Pay and allowance of teachers and other persons employed in recognised schools to be paid in the prescribed manner.
  25. 25. Chapter to have overriding effect.
  26. 26. Admission to recognised schools
  27. 27. Fees and other charges
  28. 28. School Fund
  29. 29. Affiliations
  30. 30. Taking over the management of schools
  31. 31. Section 30 not to apply to minority schools
  32. 32. Accounts
  33. 33. Annual audit of accounts
  34. 34. Inspection or inquiry
  35. 35. Furnishing of returns, etc.
  36. 36. Appeal against orders of appropriate authority
  37. 37. Tribunal
  38. 38. Time for appeal and powers of appellate authority
  39. 39. Deposit with the Tribunal of pay and allowances of teachers and other persons employed in recognised schools in certain cases
  40. 40. Revision
  41. 41. Penalty for not giving information or giving false information
  42. 42. Other penalties
  43. 43. Offences by companies
  44. 44. Cognizance of offences
  45. 45. Puducherry Schools Education Advisory Board
  46. 46. Delegation of powers of Government
  47. 47. Civil Court not to decide questions under this Act
  48. 48. Indemnity
  49. 49. Power to make rules
  50. 50. Power to remove difficulties

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