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The Telangana Education Act, 1982

The Telangana Education Act, 1982

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This Act provides the legal framework for regulating education throughout the state of Telangana. It applies to all educational institutions and tutorial institutions, with specific exceptions for central government technical schools, universities, and intermediate colleges governed by other specific laws. The legislation defines various terms related to education and establishes the authority of government officials to oversee and manage the sector. By setting these rules, the Act ensures standardized management and administration of educational services to benefit students and the public in the state.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent, application and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Director and other officers
  4. 4. District Educational Officers and other subordinate officers and staff at the district level
  5. 5. Constitution of Boards
  6. 6. State Board of Technical Education and Training
  7. 7. School Education
  8. 8. Establishment, maintenance, etc., of schools by local authorities
  9. 9. Schemes for primary education
  10. 10. Attendance authorities and their powers and functions
  11. 11. Responsibility of guardian to cause his child to attend school
  12. 12. Reasonable cause for non-attendance
  13. 13. Attendance orders
  14. 14. Children not to be employed so as to prevent them from attending to school
  15. 15. Primary education to be free
  16. 16. Age of child how to be computed
  17. 17. Examinations
  18. 18. Government to provide facilities for imparting education
  19. 19. Classification of educational institutions
  20. 20. Permission for establishment of educational institutions
  21. 20-A. Prohibition of individuals to establish institutions
  22. 21. Grant or withdrawal of recognition of institutions imparting education
  23. 21-A. Prohibition of affiliation with Universities outside the State
  24. 22. Special provision in respect of existing institutions
  25. 23. Duties of manager of local authority institution.
  26. 24. Appointment and removal of manager of private institution.
  27. 25. Duties of managers of private institutions.
  28. 26. Private institution not to be closed down, etc., without sufficient notice.
  29. 27. Manager to hand over properties, records etc., to competent authority on closure, etc., of private institutions.
  30. 28. Restriction on alienation of property of private institution.
  31. 29. Liability of manager to repay debts incurred in certain cases.
  32. 30. Parent - teacher association.
  33. 31. Inspection of educational institutions.
  34. 32. Registration of tutorial institutions
  35. 33. Abhyudaya Pradhamika Vidya Samstha and Residential Educational Institutions Society
  36. 33-A. Definition
  37. 33-B. Permission for establishment of registered schools
  38. 33-C. Special Provision in respect of existing schools
  39. 33-D. Cancellation of registration of the Registered Schools
  40. 33-E. Conditions of service of staff
  41. 33-F. Maintenance of registers and following of syllabus, etc.
  42. 33-G. Advisory Body
  43. 33-H. Functions of the Advisory Body
  44. 33-I. Grants.
  45. 33-J. Properties of registered schools.
  46. 33-K. Transfer certificate to be counter-signed.
  47. 33-L. Examination for the students of registered school.
  48. 33-M. Registered schools to make arrangements for conducting of examination.
  49. 33-N. Duties of the management of the registered school.
  50. 33-O. Inspection.
  51. 34. Definition.
  52. 35. Education fund of local authority.
  53. 36. Education fund where to be deposited and how to be drawn upon.
  54. 37. Levy of taxes.
  55. 38. Rate of levy of taxes under section 37.
  56. 39. Assessment and realization of taxes.
  57. 40. Budget of education fund.
  58. 41. Audit of accounts of education fund.
  59. 42. Government to set apart sum for giving grant-in-aid to certain recognised institutions
  60. 43. Authorities which may sanction grant
  61. 44. Section 44
  62. 45. Application for sanction of grant and the conditions to be fulfilled on such sanction
  63. 46. Power of Government to withhold reduce or withdraw grant
  64. 47. Utilisation of funds and movable property of private institutions
  65. 48. Accounts
  66. 49. Annual audit of accounts
  67. 50. Inspection or inquiry
  68. 51. Furnishing of returns, etc.
  69. 52. Definitions
  70. 53. Prohibition of transfer of lands and buildings by educational institutions without the permission from Government in certain cases
  71. 54. Consequence of breach of provisions of section 53
  72. 55. Effect of orders under section 53 (2) and 54
  73. 56. Land or building to vest in Government absolutely on possession being taken
  74. 57. Recovery of sums due under this Chapter
  75. 58. Court not to attach, sell etc., in the absence of permission of the Government
  76. 59. Definitions
  77. 60. Taking over of management of educational institutions in public interest
  78. 61. Power to terminate contracts of employment
  79. 62. Contracts etc., made in bad faith may be cancelled or varied
  80. 63. Avoidance of voluntary transfers
  81. 64. Requisitioning of an educational institution
  82. 65. Summary power for taking possession of property
  83. 66. Release from requisitioning and discharge of liability of the Government
  84. 67. Acquisition of property
  85. 68. Principles and methods of determining amount for property requisitioned or acquired
  86. 69. Payment of amount for property requisitioned or acquired.
  87. 70. Appeal from the award of the arbitrator under section 68 in respect of amount.
  88. 71. Arbitrator to have certain powers of civil court.
  89. 72. Powers of entry and inspection and calling for information.
  90. 73. Provisions for existing staff of educational institutions.
  91. 74. Posts of employees of educational institutions vested under this Chapter to be treated as a unit for certain purposes.
  92. 75. Powers of Government to take over control and management of schools, belonging to local authority.
  93. 76. Transfer of control and management of schools to zilla parishads.
  94. 77. Transfer of control and management of schools to Abhyudaya Pradhamika Vidya Samstha.
  95. 78. Constitution of educational service
  96. 78A. Age of superannuation of the staff in aided private educational Intitutions
  97. 78B. Pension to the employees of aided private junior and Degree Colleges
  98. 78C. Special representation in appointment to the posts
  99. 78D. Abatement of claims of appointments in Private Educational Institutions
  100. 79. Dismissal, removal or reduction in rank or suspension, etc., of employees of private institutions
  101. 80. Appeal against orders of punishment imposed on employees of private institutions
  102. 81. Appeal to Government
  103. 82. Special provision regarding appeal in certain past disciplinary cases
  104. 83. Retrenchment of employees
  105. 84. Pay and allowances of employees of private institutions to be paid in the prescribed manner
  106. 84-A. Penalties for contravention of this Chapter
  107. 85. Welfare of employees and their code of conduct
  108. 86. Conduct rules
  109. 87. Penalties for contravention
  110. 88. Offence by companies
  111. 89. Appeals
  112. 90. Power of revision by the Government
  113. 91. Review
  114. 92. Powers of Government to give directions
  115. 93. Delegation of powers of Government
  116. 94. Emergency powers of Director
  117. 95. Power to enter and inspect
  118. 96. Penalty for obstructing officer or other person exercising powers under this Act
  119. 97. Protection of acts done in good faith
  120. 98. Managers, employees, etc., to be public servants
  121. 99. Powers of Government to make rules
  122. 100. Exemption
  123. 101. Repeals
  124. 102. Power to remove difficulties

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