Supervision of Curricula, Text Board and Maintenance of Standards of Education Act, 2011
Download FeedBackDepartment: | Elementary and Secondary Education Department |
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Main Category: | Acts |
Specific Category Name: | Supervision of curricula, textbooks and maintenance of standards of education in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. |
Year | 2011 |
Promulgation Date: | 09-05-2011 |
Details: | THE
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA SUPERVISION OF CURRICULA, TEXTBOOKS AND MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS OF EDUCATION ACT, 2011. (KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
ACT NO. VII OF 2011) CONTENTS PREAMBLE SECTIONS 1. Short
title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. Appointment
and duties of Competent Authority. 4. Penalty. 5. Jurisdiction
to try offences. 6. Indemnity. 7. Power
to make rules. THE
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA SUPERVISION OF CURRICULA, TEXTBOOKS AND MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS OF EDUCATION ACT, 2011. (KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
ACT NO. VII OF 2011) [first published after having received the assent
of the Governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
in the Gazette of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Extraordinary),dated the 9th May,2011]. AN ACT to provide for
supervision of curricula, textbooks and maintenance of standards of education for Primary, Middle,
High, Higher Secondary School and Intermediate level in the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. Preamble.---WHEREAS it is
expedient to provide for supervision of curricula, textbooks and maintenance of
standards of education for Primary, Middle, High, Higher Secondary School and
Intermediate level in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It
is hereby enacted as follows: 1. Short
title, extent and commencement.---(1) This Act may be called the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Supervision of Curricula, Textbooks and Maintenance of Standards of
Education Act, 2011. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the
Province of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.---
In
this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) “Competent Authority” means a Competent
Authority appointed under section 3; (b) “Province” means the Province of the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; (c) “Government” means the Government of the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; (d) “Institution” means an intermediate college
or school and includes such other educational establishment as Government may,
by notification in the official Gazette, specify for the purpose of this
clause; and (d) “rules” means the rules made under this
Act. 3. Appointment
and duties of Competent Authority.---(1) Government may, by
notification in the official Gazette, appoint one or more Competent Authorities
for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) The
Competent Authority may,- (a) prepare or cause to be prepared schemes
of studies, curricula, manuscripts of textbooks and schedules or strategy for
their introduction in various classes of an Institution in connection with the
implementation of the education policy of Government; (b) approve manuscripts of textbooks
produced by other agencies before they are prescribed in various classes of an
Institution; (c) direct any person or agency in writing
to delete, amend or withdraw any portion, or the whole, of the curriculum, textbook
or reference material prescribed for any class of an Institution within a period
specified in such directive; and (d) direct any person or agency in writing to
develop curriculum for various classes in such a manner that can help the
students to compete the modern world, curriculum should be such, which fulfill
all the requirements of the time. (3)
Action on the directive of
Competent Authority under clause (c) and (d) of sub-section (2) shall be taken
as soon as possible by the person or agency and implementation report shall be
submitted to the Competent Authority with in such period as may be laid down in
the directive. 4. Penalty.---If the person
to whom or the person responsible for the conduct of the affairs of an agency
to which a directive has been issued under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of
section 3, fails to carry it out, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to one year and shall also be guilty of gross misconduct
and such agency may be superseded by order of the authority appointing or
constituting it. 5. Jurisdiction
to try offences.---No court shall take cognizance of an offence
punishable under this Act except upon a complaint in writing made by the
Competent Authority. 6. Indemnity.---No suit,
prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything
which is in good faith done or intended to be done in the pursuance of this Act
or any rule or order made there under. 7. Power
to make rules.---Government
may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the
purposes of this Act. |