Short title and commencement.- (1) These Regulations may be called the Mizoram Board of School Education (Conditions for Recognition of Institutions Regulations, 1979.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

Definitions.- In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires-

(a) "Act" means the Mizoram Board of School Education Act, 1975 (Mizoram Act, No. 2 of 1976);

(b) "Board" means the Mizoram Board of School Education established under the Act;

(d) "Institution" means any recognised Primary, Middle, High professional or vocational School or Under-Graduate Teachers Training Institution in Mizoram ;

(e) "Physical Education Committee" means the Physical Education Committee appointed by the Board under Clause (vi) of sub-section (1) of Section 21 of the Act;

(f) "recognised" means recognised by the Board for the purpose of admission to the privileges of the Board ;

(g) "Recognition Committee" means the Recognition Committee appointed by the Board under Clause (iv) of sub- section (1) of Section 21 of the Act;

(h) "School Education" has the same meaning as Clause (zd) of Section 2 of the Act;

(i) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Board.

Duty of the Recognition Committee.- It shall be the duty of the Recognition Committee to advise the Board on all mattes concerning recognition of institutions and subject to the provisions of regulation 15, the Board shall be the competent authority to accord recognition to institutions on the recommendation of the Recognition Committee.
Institution desiring to prepare candidates for examinations to submit examination.- Any educational institution which desires to prepare candidates for the examinations conducted by the Board shall submit application to the Secretary in the prescribed form for recognition of the institution.
Institution seeking recognition to satisfy the need of the area, etc.- An institution seeking recognition must satisfy the real need of the area and it shall not harm financially or otherwise a neighbouring institution already recognised and it must satisfy the stipulation in regard to minimum and maximum enrollment as prescribed in these regulations.
Institution seeking recognition to have a Managing Committee.- An institution seeking recognition shall have a Managing Committee regularly constituted in accordance with the relevant rules of the Educational Department and shall have to satisfy the provisions of these regulations.
Institutions seeking recognition to have sufficient financial resources.- An institution seeking recognition should have sufficient financial resources to justify it s continued existence. It shall have a regular source of income to meet running expenses of the institution to maintain it at a reasonable standard of efficiency.
Income from the institution seeking recognition not to accrue to individual etc.- No part of the income from the institution seeking recognition shall accrue to any individual or group of individuals running the institution.
Institution seeking recognition to satisfy conditions for recognition.- An institution seeking recognition shall have to satisfy the minimum conditions laid down for recognition in these regulations. It shall have suitable land, building furniture, equipments and teaching aids for imparting effective education. The site of the institution shall be free from objectionable surroundings and shall be peaceful and conducive to the smooth working of the institution.
Institution seeking recognition to maintain Reserve Funds.- An institution seeking recognition shall have to maintain a Reserve Fund as prescribed in these regulations. This condition will not, however, apply in the case of Government institutions.
Institutions to observe certain provisions.- No institution seeking recognition shall be accorded recognition by the Board unless-

(a) it is open to inspection by-

(i) Officer of the Board or any other person authorised by the Board ;

(ii) Officer of the Education Department or any other person authorised by the Education Department.

(b) all informations and returns called for from the institution by the Board within the provisions of the Act and rules and regulations thereunder are furnished promptly by the head of the institution ;

(c) the institution maintains adequate and efficient staff as prescribed in these regulations for imparting instruction ;

(d) the institution follows the curriculum courses of studies and other co-curricular activities as prescribed by the Board ;

(e) the institution follows the list of text books and suggested reading materials prescribed by the Board ;

(f) the institution maintains school working hours and school sessions strictly in conformity with directions issued by the Board from time to time in this regard.

Conditions for recognition of High Schools.- An institution seeking recognition as High School with permission to present candidates for the High School Leaving Certificate Examination must fulfil the following conditions.

(a) Enrollment :

(i) The minimum enrollment from Classes VII through X shall be 90 in rural areas and 120 in urban areas. In case of Junior High Schools with Classes VII and VIII only it shall be 50 in rural areas and 70 in urban areas ;

(ii) the Class-wise enrollment in each Class/Section shall not be less than 20 and normally not more than 40 ;

(iii) relaxation in regard to minimum and maximum enrollment may be made by the Board in special cases for educationally backward areas.

(b) Side and accommodation :

(i) The site should be adequate to provide space for all necessary buildings as well as space for physical education activities and sports.

(ii) The school building shall have a at least a semi-pucca structure with G.C.I. sheets roofing, swan timber structure with asbestors sheets, or double tarza or swan timber walls with adequate number of doors and windows for proper ventilation. The school shall not be accommodated in rented building except with specific permission of he Board.

(iii) Provision shall be made for separate rooms for (a) the office, (b) the Headmaster (c) the Library, (d) work experience, (e) Science Teaching, and (f) teachers, common room in addition to classrooms for all Classes/Sections.

(iv) Each classroom shall be well-lighted and well ventilated and it must have at least a floor space of 10 sq. ft. per pupil subject tot he maximum dimension of each classroom being 18 feet x 10 feet. At least two or three such rooms shall have adjustable partition walls to enable their conversion into a shall as and when necessary for school gathering unless a separate hall is made available in the school for such gathering.

Every non-Government High School shall maintain a Reserve Fund in the State Bank of India or any Scheduled Bank or Postal Saving Account as a fixed deposit. The amount shall not be less than Rs. 4,000 in case of full fledged High School with Classes VII to X and Rs. 2,000 in case of Junior High School with Classes VII and VIII. No withdrawal shall be made from the Reserve Fund except with the written permission of the Secretary of the Board.

(d) Teaching Staff :

(i) Every High School including Junior High School up to Classes VIII as also one seeking recognition shall have an adequate number of qualified teaches including a qualified Headmaster to ensure proper teaching of all school subjects and effective management of all curricular and co-curricular activities of the School.

(ii) In no case shall a person be appointed Headmaster of a High School if he is not at least a graduate with a B.T./B. Ed. degree or equivalent diploma in education and has at least seven yeas of teaching experience in recognised Secondary Schools. Alternatively, he must have a second class Master's Degree with at least five years of teaching experience in recognised Secondary Schools. In his case, he must not be confirmed in the post unless he obtains a B.T./B. Ed. degree in addition to his academic qualifications. As Headmaster, a trained person shall always be preferred to untrained ones.

(iii) All the teachers of High Schools shall be Graduate preferably with B.T. or B.Ed. degree and at least one of them shall be a Science Graduate capable of teaching General Science and Mathematics.

(iv) Excluding the Headmaster, the ratio of the number of teachers as to the Classes/Sections shall normally be 3 : 2. There may be additional teachers for special subjects like Hindi, Physical Education etc. unless such subjects can be effectively handled by the other teachers of the School within the limit of their normal work-load.

(v) The Headmaster shall take at least 10 periods per week and all other members shall take at least 25 periods per week.

(vi) The minimum qualifications as also the minimum strength of teaching staff mentioned above may be relaxed by the Board in special cases for Schools in backward areas, or for any other special circumstances.

(e) Each application for recognition of a High School shall be accompanied by an application fee as prescribed below :

(i) Rs. 110 for recognition of a High School for the first time ;

(ii) Rs. 25 for annual qualification fee ;

(iii) Rs. 50 for recognition of Junior High School for the first time ;

(iv) Rs. 15 for annual qualification fee.

Conditions for recognition of Middle Schools.- A school seeking recognition as a Middle School with permission to present candidates for the Middle School Leaving Certificate Examination shall have to fulfil the following conditions :

(a) Enrollment :

(i) The minimum total enrolement in Classes IV through VI shall be 70 ;

(ii) The minimum class-wise enrolment in each Class/Section shall be 20;

(iii) The maximum enrolment in each Class/Section shall not exceed 40 ;

(iv) Relaxation in regard to conditions under (ii) and (iii) above may, be made by the Board for Schools in educationally backwards areas.

(b) Site and accommodation :

(i) The site shall be adequate to provide space for all necessary buildings as well as space for physical education activities and sports ;

(ii) The school building shall have at least a semi-pucca structure with G.C.I. Sheet roofing, swan timber structure, asbestos sheets or double tarza or swan timber walls with adequate number of doors and windows for proper ventilation. The school shall not be accommodate in rented building except with the special permission of the Board ;

(iii) The School building shall be sufficiently spacious to accommodate separate classrooms for each of the Classes/Sections. In addition to the classrooms there shall be separate rooms for work-experience classes science teaching and the Head master's Officer and Staff room;

(iv) Each classroom shall be well-lighted and shall have at least a floor space of 8 sq. ft. per pupil. It will be desirable to have classrooms of standard dimension of 18 feet x 20 feet.

An non-Government Middle School shall maintain Reserve Fund of Rs. 1,500 deposited in the Scheduled Bank/State Bank of India/Postal Saving Bank as a fixed deposit. No withdrawal shall be made from the Reserve Fund without written permission of the Secretary of the Board.

(d) Teaching Staff :

(i) The School shall have an adequate number of qualified teachers including a qualified Headmaster ;

(ii) The Headmaster shall be a Graduate preferably with a teaching degree or equivalent diploma in education with at least 3 (three) years of teaching experience in recognised Schools. No new Under-graduate Headmaster shall be appointed, but in the case of existing under-graduate Headmasters already appointed on substantive basis the qualifications prescribed above may be relaxed by the Board subject to the conditions that no Under-graduate Headmaster who is not at least Intermediate/P.U.C. passed and who has not yet acquired a training certificate shall be retained on the post of the Headmaster;

(iii) All teachers shall be at least P.U.C./Intermediate passed, provided that in case of teachers already in service for at least two years the minimum qualifications shall continue to be H.S.L.C. passed. No one shall be confirmed on the post unless he acquires a Teacher's Training Certificate. It is desirable that thee is at least one teacher withe P.U. Science course for teaching General Science and Mathematics ;

(iv) Excluding the Headmaster, the ratio of the number of teachers to the Class/Section shall normally be 4 : 3 including Hindi/Craft teacher;

(v) The minimum qualifications as also the minimum strength of teaching staff mentioned above may be relaxed by the Board for Schools in educationally backward areas or for any other special circumstances.

(e) Each application for recognition of a Middle School shall be accompanied by an application fee as prescribed below :

(i) Rs. 40 for recognition of a Middle School for the first time ;

(ii) Rs. 10 for annual affiliation fee ;

Conditions for recognition of Primary Schools.- A school seeking recognition as a Primary School with permission to present candidates for the Primary School Leaving Certificate Examination shall have to fulfil the following conditions :

(a) Enrolment :

(i) The minimum total enrolment in Classes I through III shall be 50 ;

(ii) The minimum enrolment in each Class/Section shall not be more than 35;

(iii) Relaxation in regard to conditions under (i) and (ii) above may, be made by the Board for Schools in educationally backwards areas.

(b) Site and accommodation :

(i) No new Primary School within a radius of 2 kilometres of an existing Primary School already recognised by the Board shall be accorded recognition :

Provided that the above condition may be relaxed by the Board in exceptional circumstances ;

(ii) The site shall be adequate to provide space for all necessary buildings as well as space for physical education activities and sports;

(iii) The school building shall have at least a semi-pucca structure with G.C.I. Sheet roofing, swan timber structure, asbestos sheets or double tarza or swan timber walls with adequate number of doors and windows for proper ventilation. The school shall not be accommodate in rented building except with the special permission of the Board ;

(iv) The School building shall be sufficiently spacious to accommodate separate classrooms for each of the Classes/Sections. In addition to the classrooms there shall be separate rooms for work-experience classes science teaching and the Headteacher's Officer ;

(v) Each classroom shall be well-lighted and shall have at least a floor space of 8 sq. ft. per pupil. It will be desirable to have classrooms of standard dimension of 18 feet x 20 feet.

(i) The School shall have an adequate number of qualified teachers including the Headteacher ;

(ii) The Headteacher/Teacher shall at least be a Matriculate/H.S.L.C. passed preferably with a Teacher's Training Certificate.

The prescribed qualifications may stand relaxed in cases of existing Headteachers/leachers, but no new teachers with less than the prescribed qualifications mentioned above shall be appointed as Headteachers/teachers. This relaxation shall be applicable in case of promotion of existing teachers to the post of Headteacher.

(iii) The ratio of the number of teachers as to the number of pupils in the Primary School shall not be worse than 1 : 40 ;

(iv) The maximum qualifications as also the minimum strength of teaching staff may be relaxed in deserving cases for Schools in educationally backward areas.

(d) Each application for recognition of a Primary School shall be accompanied by an application fee as prescribed below :

(i) Rs. 25 for recognition in a Primary School for the first time ;

(ii) Rs. 5 for qualification.

Grant of recognition/provisional recognition.- On receipt of all informations required for recognition of an institution the Secretary shall place the same before the Recognition Committees for consideration. Institutions which fulfil broadly the requisite conditions shall be granted recognition by the President of the Board on the recommendation of the Recognition Committee.

Ordinarily no institution which does not satisfy the major conditions shall be granted recognition. Recognition Committee may, however, recommend to the Board grant of provisional recognition in special cases subject to fulfilment of the major conditions within a period of one year from the date of provisional recognition.

Withdrawal/Suspension of recognition.- The privileges or recognition already granted by the Board may be withdrawn or withheld permanently or for any period from any institution if it-

(i) fails to impart reasonably good teaching;

(ii) fails to maintain good discipline amongst the students and the staff ;

(iii) is found to have transgressed or evaded the conditions laid for recognition;

(iv) fails to abide by the regulations prescribed by the Board for recognised institutions or institutions issued from the Board from time to time in regard to any matters concerning the Schools.

Rights of Board for making additional regulations, etc.- The Board reserves the right of making additional regulations concerning recognition of institution with the approval of the Government and also to issue detailed instructions not inconsistent with these regulations for carrying out the provisions of these regulations.
Difficulty in interpretation to be referred to Board.- If any difficulty arises in the interpretation of these regulations, it shall be referred to the Board and the decision of the Board shall be final.

Mizoram Board of School Education (Conditions for Recognition of Institutions) Regulations, 1979