State Act

The Assam State School Education Board Act, 2024

3. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant to the subject or context ; (a) ‘Board’ means the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) established under section 4 of this Act; (b) ‘Chairman’ means the Chairman of Assam State School Education Board ( ASSEB) ; (c) ‘Vice-Chairman’ means – (i) the Vice-Chairman of Division-I for imparting education from Class VI to X; (ii) the Vice-Chairman of Division-II for imparting education from Class XI to XII; (d) ‘Secretary’ means – (i) the Secretary of Division-I for imparting education from Class VI to X ; (ii) the Secretary of Division-II for imparting education from Class XI and XII ; (e) ‘Principal Chief Accounts Officer’ means Financial Adviser to the Board or Chairman or Vice-Chairman or Secretaries of each Divisions ; (f) ‘Controller of Examinations’ means – (i) the officer of Division-I for conducting examinations of Class VI to VIII ; (ii) the officer of Division-I for conducting examinations of Class IX and X ; (iii) the officer of Division-II for conducting examinations to Class XI and XII ; (g) ‘Fund’ means the Assam State School Education Board Fund constituted under this Act for imparting education from class VI to XII : Provided that a consolidated fund shall be generated under this Act by merging the existing fund of Board of Secondary Education Board of Assam (SEBA) and Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) under such terms and conditions as deem fit and proper. (h) ‘Education Department’ means the Education department of the Government of Assam ; (i) ‘Principal or Head Master’ means the head of the teaching staff of a High School, Higher Secondary School, Senior Secondary School or College by whatever name he or she is designated; (j) ‘High School’ means a School or Department of School giving instructions in Class I to X or Class VI to X; (k) ‘Higher Secondary School’ means a School or Department of School giving instructions in Secondary Education from Class I to XII or VI to XII; (l) ‘Senior Secondary School’ means a School or Department of School giving instructions in Secondary Education in Class XI to XII; (m) ‘Managing Committee’ means a Managing Committee of a Secondary School ; (n) ‘Governing Body’ means a Governing Body of a Senior Secondary School or College ; (o) ‘recognized’ means recognized by the Board for the purpose of admission to the privileges of the Board or prior to recognition by the Board, by any University established by law in India or by any Board recognized by the State Government ; (p) ‘regulation’ means a regulation made by the Board under this Act ; (q) ‘rules’ means rules made by the State Government under this Act ; (r) ‘Secondary Education’ means such education as is designed to meet the needs of the secondary stage (i.e., Class VI to XII) which follows immediately the stage of Foundational and Numerical Stage and precedes immediately the stage of Degree or Diploma Education controlled by the University established by law in India or by a Council constituted by Government for this purpose ; (s) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Official Gazette ; (t) ‘Government’ means the Government of Assam; (u) ‘State’ means the State of Assam; (v) ‘ASOS’ means the Assam State Open Schooling imparting education at secondary stage in ODL (Open and Distant Learning) mode in the line of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).