Necessary conditions for granting the recognition as Minority Educational Institution

The Authority shall grant the recognition as a minority educational institution only if the following conditions are fulfilled by the applicant educational institution - (a) The educational institution is established and administered by a minority community; (b) The educational institution is affiliated with the Board; (c) The educational institution is managed by a body either registered as a Society under The Societies Registration Act, 1860 or as a Trust under The Indian Trusts Act, 1882 or as a non-profit making company under Section 8 of The Companies Act, 2013; (d) The title/registered lease of the land on which the educational institution is established is in the name of the Society/Trust/Company registered under sub-section (c); (e) All financial transactions of the educational institution necessarily take place through a bank account opened in the name of that institution in a commercial bank; (f) The Managing Committee/Trustees/Directors of the Society/Trust/Company, as the case may be, and the Governing body of the educational institution, wholly or substantially consist of persons belonging to the related minority community; (g) The aim and objectives of the Society/Trust/Company registered under sub-section (c) clearly specify that it is meant to primarily serve the interest of the minority community to which it belongs; (h) The minority educational institution shall not compel its students or employees to take part in any of its religious activities; (i) The minority educational institution shall appoint teachers as per the qualifications laid down by the Board; (j) In all academic, administrative and financial matters, the rules and regulations laid down or directions issued by the Board and the Authority, from time to time, shall be wholly applicable to minority educational institutions; (k) The minority educational institution shall not do anything which may come in the way of communal and social harmony.