The Delhi School Education Act, 1973
Chapter VI ADMISSION TO SCHOOLS AND FEES
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Chapter VI ADMISSION TO SCHOOLS AND FEES
16. Admission to recognised schools.
Statutory text
- (1) A child who has not attained the age of five years, shall not be admitted 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 school study between that class and class I or an equivalent class, falls short of five years.
- (3) Admission to a recognised school or to any class thereof shall be regulated by rules made in this behalf.
Chapter VI ADMISSION TO SCHOOLS AND FEES
17. Fees and other charges.
Statutory text
- (1) No aided school shall levy any fee or collect any other charge or receive any other payment except those specified by the Director.
- (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 manager of every recognised school shall, before the commencement of each academic session, file with the Director a full statement of the fees to be 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 specified by its manager in the said statement.
Chapter VI ADMISSION TO SCHOOLS AND FEES
18. School Fund.
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 Administrator,
- (b) income accruing to the school by way of fees, charges or other payments, and
- (c) any other contributions, endowments and the like.
- (2) The School Fund and all other funds, including the Pupils' Fund, established with the approval of the Administrator, shall be accounted for and operated in accordance with the rules made under this Act.
- (3) In every recognised unaided 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,
- (4) (a) Income derived by 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 recognised private school shall file every year with the Director such duly audited 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 SCHOOLS AND FEES
19. Affiliations.
Statutory text
- (1) For the purpose of any public examination every recognised higher secondary school shall be affiliated to one or more of the Boards or Council conducting such examination and shall fulfil the conditions specified by the Board or Council in this behalf.
- (2) The students of recognised higher secondary schools shall be prepared for, and presented to, the public examinations or such other form of evaluation held or made for the students of such schools.
- (3) The students of every recognised middle school shall be prepared for, and presented to, such public examination as may be held by the Directorate of Education, Delhi, for the students of such schools.
- (4) Every student of a recognised primary school shall be prepared for, and presented to, the public examination held by a local authority competent to hold such examination for the students of such schools.
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