APPENDIX TWENTY-FIVE [Vide Note below chapter I- Definitions] SPECIAL RULES APPLICABLE TO ANGLO-INDIAN SCHOOLS- SS CODE

 

APPENDIX TWENTY-FIVE

[Vide Note below chapter I- Definitions]

SPECIAL RULES APPLICABLE TO ANGLO-INDIAN SCHOOLS

 

1.      Definition. – Anglo- Indian schools are those that teach through the medium of English and which were formerly governed by separate code and which, with their sections, primary, middle and secondary as one unit prepare for the Indian school certificate examination and which are ordinarily under an obligation to provide education to the children of the Anglo-Indian community.

2.      All existing Anglo- Indian schools in the state will continue to be recognized subject to the fulfilment of usual conditions.

3.      The inspection and administration of Anglo- Indian schools shall be placed as far as possible under a single officer for the whole state.

4.      The government continues to recognize the courses of training for the Maharashtra kindergarten and junior school teacher’s certificate and trained teachers’ certificate as are taught at present in the two training colleges in the state viz., (i) St. Mary’s training college, Pune and (ii) St. Margaret’s training college, Bombay, and to conduct the relevant examinations.

5.      Anglo- Indian schools may have different terms. The first term may be from January to April and the second term from June to December with a short mid-term break for a few days in September, the terms varying slightly in accordance with the location of the school and climate conditions.

6.      Anglo- Indian schools shall not have less than 185 working days and 160 instructional days during an academic year.

7.      Anglo- Indian schools may spread their teaching over six days or restrict them to five days in a week.