Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya Act, 2001

No: 11 Dated: Mar, 29 2001

THE RABINDRA MUKTA VIDYALAYA

West Bengal Act XI of 2001

    An Act to establish and incorporate an open school (mukta vidyalaya) in the State of West Bengal and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    Whereas it is expedient to establish an open school in the State of West Bengal to provide distance education at school level to all those who cannot get themselves admitted to any school and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;

    It is hereby enacted as follows :-

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya Act, 2001

(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Vidyalaya;

(b) "Director" means the Director of the Vidyalaya;

(c) "Governing Body" means the Governing Body of the Vidyalaya;

(d) "State Government" means the Government of West Bengal in the School Education Department;

(e) "Vidyalaya" means the Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya established under section 3.

3. Establishment and incorporation of the Vidyalaya:- (1) The State Government shall, as soon as may be after the coming into force of this Act, establish a school to be called the Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya.

(2) The Vidyalaya shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall be entitled to acquire, hold and dispose of property, to enter into contracts, and to do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act, and shall sue and be sued by the name of the Rabindra Mukta Vidyalaya.

4. Governing Body of the Vidyalaya:-  The Vidyalaya shall consist of the following members:—

(a) the Chairman appointed by the State Government;

(b) the Director appointed by the State Government;

(c) the Chairman of the National Open School, ex-officio;

(d) the Director of the State Council of Educational Research and Training, West Bengal, ex officio;

(e) the President of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, ex officio;

(f) the President of the West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education, ex officio;

(g) the Director, School Education, Government of West Bengal, ex officio;

(h) the President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, ex officio ;

(i) the President of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, ex officio;

(j) a Deputy Secretary of the School Education Department, Government of WestBengal, to be nominated by the Secretary of the School Education Department, Government of West Benal;

(k) three persons, nominated by the State Government in consultation with the Chairman;

(l) three members of whom—

(i) one shall be nominated by the Netaji Subhas Open University,

(ii) one shall be nominated by the National Council of Educational Research and Training, and

(iii) one shall be nominated by the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration.