Keyword(s):
Aglo-Indian-School, Matriculation School, Oriental School
The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of the
Governor on the 1st February 2010 and is hereby published for general information:—
ACT No. 8 OF 2010.
An Act to provide for Uniform System of School Education in the State of
Tamil Nadu and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
WHEREAS, at present there are four streams of school education in the State under the
control of the State Government, namely, State Board Schools, Matriculation Schools, Oriental
Schools and Anglo-Indian Schools and these schools have separate syllabus, text books and
scheme of examination and are under the control of different Boards. As a result, the standard
of education in these schools are not uniform;
AND WHEREAS, the Government are of the view that it is indispensable to evolve a
uniform system of school education in the State to ensure social justice and provide quality
education in the schools in the State;
AND WHEREAS, the Government constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of
Thiru Muthukumaran, former Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University to examine the
implementation of uniform system of school education. The said committee examined all
the issues and submitted its recommendations to the Government;
AND WHEREAS, a one man committee ‘was constituted with Thiru M.P. Vijayakumar,
I.A.S. (Retired)’ to look into the recommendations of Thiru Muthukumaran Committee;
AND WHEREAS, the said ‘one man committee’ looked into the recommendations of Thiru
Muthukumaran Committee and submitted its recommendations to the Government;
AND WHEREAS, a team of educationists under the Chairmanship of
Thiru M.P. Vijayakumar, I.A.S. (Retired) visited the States of Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat
and Maharashtra and reviewed the education system in vogue in those States and the said
team submitted its report on the administrative setup of the School Education department
and Boards of Education, examination systems and evaluation methods adopted by those
States;
AND WHEREAS, the Government, after much deliberations, accepted the idea that all the
Government schools, Government aided schools and private schools including Matriculation
Schools, Anglo-Indian Schools and Oriental Schools in the State, having the common syllabus,
text books and examination system will ensure social justice and provide quality education.
Accordingly, the Government have decided to implement the uniform system of school education
in the State;
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixtieth Year of the
Republic of India as follows:—
- (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education
Act, 2010.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th day of November 2009. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “academic year” means the year commencing on the first day of June;
(b) “Anglo-Indian School” means a school approved as such under the Code of
Regulations for Anglo-Indian Schools;
(c) “Board” means the State Common Board of School Education constituted
under section 5;
(d) “competent authority” means any authority, officer or person authorized by
the Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the competent authority for such
area or in relation to such class of private school, as may be specified in the notification;
(e) “Government” means the State Government;
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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
(f) “matriculation school” means a school approved as such under the Code of
Regulations for Matriculation Schools;
(g) “oriental school” means a school approved as such by the Director of School
Education;
(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules;
(i) “school” means,—
(i) any primary school, middle school, high school or higher secondary school
maintained by the State or any local authority; or
(ii) any primary school, middle school, high school or higher secondary school
established and administered or maintained by any private educational agency including
minority school established and administered under clause (1) of Article 30 of the
Constitution, whether receiving aid out of the State fund or not; or
(iii) any matriculation school, Anglo-Indian school or oriental school including
minority school established and administered under clause (1) of Article 30 of the Constitution,
whether receiving aid out of the State fund or not,
but does not include a school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education
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