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The Federal Supervision of Curricula, Textbooks
and Maintenance of Standards of Education Act, 1976
1ACT No. X OF 1976
[29th March, 1976]
An Act to make provision for Federal
supervision of curricula text-books and maintenance of standards of education.
WHEREAS it is necessary to
provide for the building up of national cohesion by promoting social and
cultural harmony, and designing curricula relevant to the nation's changing
social and economic needs, compatible with the basic national ideology and
providing massive shift from general education to more purposeful
agro-technical education; and to make provision for Federal supervision of
curricula, text-books for various classes and maintenance of standards of
education;
It is hereby enacted as
follows:---
1. Short title, extent and commencement. —(1)
This Act may be called the Federal Supervision of Curricula, Text-books and
Maintenance of Standards of Education Act, 1976.
(2) It extends to the whole
of
(3) It shall come into
force at once.
2. Definitions. In this
Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,---
(a) ”Competent Authority” means an authority appointed as such
under section 3; and
(b) ”institution” means a school, college or
university and includes such other educational establishment as the Federal
Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify for the
purpose of this clause.
3. Appointment and duties of
Competent Authority.—(1)The Federal Government may, by notification in the
official Gazette, appoint one or more Competent Authorities for carrying out
the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Competent Authority
may, for carrying out the purposes of this Act,---
(a) prepare or cause to be prepared schemes of studies,
curricula, manuscripts of text-books and schedules or strategy for their
introduction in various classes of an institution in connection with the
implementation of the education policy of the Federal Government;
(b) approve manuscripts of text-books produced by other agencies
before they are prescribed in various classes of an institution; and
1For Statement of Objects and Reasons,
see Gaz. of P., 1975,. Ext., Pt. III, p. 694.
(c) direct any person or agency in writing to delete, amend or
withdraw any portion, or the whole, of the curriculum, text-book or reference
material prescribed for any class of an institution within a period specified
in such directive.
(3) Action on the directive
of the competent Authority under clause (c) of sub-section (2) shall be taken
as soon as possible by the person or agency and an implementation report shall
be submitted to the Competent Authority within such period as may be laid down
in the directive.
4. Penalty. If the person, to whom or the person
responsible for the conduct of the affairs of any agency to which, a directive
has been issued under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 3 fails to carry
it out, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
one year and shall also be guilty of gross misconduct; and such agency may be
superseded by order of the authority appointing or constituting it. .
5. Jurisdiction to try
offences. No court
shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act except upon a
complaint in writing made by the Competent Authority.
6. Indemnity. No suit, prosecution or other legal
proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith
done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rule or order made
thereunder.
7. Power to make rules. The Federal Government may, by
notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes
of this Act.
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