Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education Act, 2010
No: 8 Dated: Jan, 09 2010
Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education Act, 2010
BILL No. 8 OF 2010
A Bill to provide for the establishment of a State Council for Technical Education in the State of Tamil Nadu and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
WHEREAS the National Policy on Education, 1986 contains recommendations that the State Level Planning and co-ordination of higher education shall be done through Councils for Higher Education and that the University Grants Commission and these councils will develop co-ordinative methods to keep a watch on standards of higher education;
AND WHEREAS the University Grants Commission constituted a committee to make recommendations regarding setting up of State Councils for Higher Education as per the aforesaid National Policy;
AND WHEREAS the said committee recommended that there is a pressing need for an effective machinery for promotion and co-ordination of Higher Education at the State level and co-ordination of State level programmes with those of the University Grants Commission;
AND WHEREAS the University Grants Commission had laid down the guidelines for setting up of State Councils for Higher Education as recommended by the said Committee;
AND WHEREAS the State Government established the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education by enacting the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education Act, 1992 (Tamil Nadu Act 40 of 1992);
AND WHEREAS a large number of institutions of technical education have come up and a number of technical Universities have been established in the State of Tamil Nadu;
AND WHEREAS the State Government have decided to establish a separate Council for Technical Education to advise the Government in matters relating to Technical Education in the State and to oversee its development with perspective planning;
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education Act, 2010.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “All India Council for Technical Education” means the All India Council for Technical Education established under section 3 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987;
(b) “college” means a college or institution established or maintained or approved by, or affiliated to, the technical University or approved by Directorate of Technical Education and providing any course of study or training in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology, for admission to the examination for degrees, diplomas or other academic distinctions, as the case may be;
(c) “Council” means the Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education established under section 3;
(d) “degree” means any course of study in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology to which a degree is awarded by a technical University;
(e) “diploma” means any course of study in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology after the Secondary School Leaving Certificate to which a diploma is awarded, but does not include a certificate;
(f) “Government” means the State Government;
(g) “member” means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman, the ViceChairman, the Member-Secretary and the co-opted member;
(h) “private college” means a college established and administered or maintained by any person or body of persons, whether incorporated or not, but does not include a college established and administered or maintained by the Central Government or the Government or by any technical University established by law;
(i) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Council under this Act;
(j) “technical education” means any course of study or training in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology;
(k) “technical University” means the Anna University, Chennai, the Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, the Anna University, Coimbatore and the Anna University, Tirunelveli or such other University that may be established in the State under any law made by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu to conduct examinations to award degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions in engineering, technology and allied sciences, management or catering technology;
(l) “University Grants Commission” means the University Grants Commission established under section 4 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.