Haryana State Higher Education Council Act, 2018
No: 4 Dated: Mar, 28 2018
THE HARYANA STATE HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL ACT, 2018
An Act to promote academic excellence and social justice by obtaining academic input for policy formulation and perspective planning, ensuring autonomy and greater accountability of all institutions of Higher Education in the State and guiding the growth of Higher Education in accordance with the socio-economic requirements of the State as per the requirement of Rashtriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyaan and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Haryana State Higher Education Council Act, 2018.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 28th February, 2018.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Council;
(b) “college” means a college or institution including autonomous college maintained or approved or affiliated to any University which provides facility of studying in syllabi from admission till examination;
(c) “Commission” means the Haryana State Higher Education Commission constituted under section 12;
(d) “Council” means the Haryana State Higher Education Council constituted under section 3;
(e) “Higher Education” means any education stream whether financial, technical including research studies that leads to award of degree, diploma or certificate but does not include Medical, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Horticulture stream;
(f) “institution” means an academic institution of Higher Education maintained by, or admitted to the privileges of the University;
(g) “member” means a member of the Council and includes the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson;
(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules framed under this Act;
(i) “State” means the State of Haryana;
(j) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department;
(k) “University” means any University established by an Act passed by the State Legislature;
(l) “University Grants Commission” means the Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act 3 of 1956);
(m) “Vice-Chairperson” means Vice-Chairperson of the Council.