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Higher education, means full-time studies for any graduate or post-graduate course in engineering, medicine, management or for post-graduate course in applied sciences or pure sciences including mathematics and statistics. [Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80E(3)(c)]...
Education
Education. Mr. Forster's Elementary Education Act, 1870 (English) (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), is the starting point in the history of the provision by legislation of a general system of education. Before this date education had been dealt with either as a series of individual problems in respect of which provisions were made for the education of special classes of persons, or by executive, as opposed to legislative methods, as, for example, by a system of grants in aid. This Act was followed by a series of Acts, known collectively as the Education Acts, 1870 to 1919, which together established a system of free and compulsory elementary education of a non-denominational character. The initial Act established 'school boards' with powers of building and maintaining elementary schools and of regulating the attendance of school children between the ages of 5 and 13. The El. Ed. Act, 1876, declared 'the duty of the parent of every child to cause such child to receive efficient elementary educatio...
Educational institutions
Educational institutions, the words, 'educational institutions' are of very wide import and would include a university also, S. Azeez Basha v. Union of India, AIR 1968 SC 662 (670): (1968) 1 SCR 833. [Constitution of India, Art. 30(1)]A school, seminary, college, university or other educational facility though not necessarily a chartered institution, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 532Means institutions that impart education, P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2005 SC 3226.Imparting higher education, i.e. graduate level and above and in particular specialized education such as technical or professional, constitutes a separate class, P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2005 SC 3226....
University
University, an association of learners, and of teachers and examiners of the learners, upon whose report the association grants upon whose report the association grants titles called 'degrees' (such as 'Master of Arts,' 'Doctor of Divinity'), showing that the holders have attained some definite proficiency.The English Universities are those of Oxford, Cambridge (incorporated by 13 Eliz. c. 29, by the two names of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and Cambridge respectively, with the direction that they shall be called and named by none other name for evermore), Durham, London, Victoria of Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, and East Midland University Nottingham, the graduates of which (see University of Liverpool Act, 1904; (English) University of Leeds Act, 1904; and (English) Sheffield University Act, 1914) have equal statutory privileges and exemptions; and Reading University (see 18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 25). There is also the Uni...
Post-graduate training
Post-graduate training, the expression 'post-gradu-ate training' is used in Rule 49(c) in the sense of training received by a person holding a degree in medicine or science and not in the sense that such training ought to be received in or through a post-graduate institution imparting instruction or education in the particular discipline. The object of Clause (c) is to ensure that to be eligible for the post of a Drugs Inspector the person concerned must have received training under any of the authorities mentioned therein after graduation in medicine or science. Pre-graduation training is often not as efficacious as post-graduate training, for a person holding a higher educational qualification is in a better position to imbibe the training which he received, Maheshwar Prasad Srivastava v. Suresh Singh, AIR 1976 SC 1014 (1406): (1977) 1 SCC 627. [Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, 1945, Rules 49(c) and 44(a)]...
chancellor
chancellor [Old French chancelier royal secretary, from Late Latin cancellarius doorkeeper, clerk, from Latin cancellus latticework barrier] 1 : the head of a chancery: as a : the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain b : a judge in a court of equity in various states 2 a : a university president b : the chief executive officer in some state systems of higher education 3 : the chief minister of state in some European countries (as Germany) ...
Higher National Diploma
A certificate awarded for completing a course of vocational education beyond secondary school preparing the student for a career in business or certain practical arts It is a term used in the United Kingdom...
State Government
State Government, has the same meaning as in the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 (West Ben. Act 41 of 1973). [West Bengal Panchayat Elections Act, 2003, s. 2(25)]State Government, in relation to a Union territory, includes the Administrator of that Union territory appointed by the President under Art. 239 of the Constitution. [Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005, s. 2(i)]State Government, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2(o)]State Government, is headed by the Governor who exercises the executive powers of the State. [Constitution of India, Art. 154(1)]State Government, its executive powers extend to the matters on which the State Legislature is em-powered to make laws, Constitution of India, Art. 162.Means a State Government of the State in which a Special Economic Zone is established or proposed to be established. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, s. 2(zb)]Me...
Socially and educationally backward classes
Socially and educationally backward classes, the expression 'socially and educationally backward classes' in Article 15(4) was explained in Balaji's case, AIR 1963 SC 649 to be comparable to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The reason is that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes illustrated social and educational backwardness. It is difficult to define the expression 'socially and educationally backward classes of citizens'. The traditional unchanging occupations of citizens may contribute to social and educational backwardness. The place of habitation and its environment is also a determining factor in judging the social and educational backwardness, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Pradip Tandon, AIR 1975 SC 563 (567): (1975) 1SCC 267: (1975) 2 SCR 761...
Educated unemployed youth
Educated unemployed youth, the expression 'educated unemployed youth' has definite legal connotation. It denotes a class of citizens who after completing their education are faced with unemployment. Rule 223 (2) read with the note embodies a rule of preference. The question of grant of preference under the note beneath R. 223(2) can only arise when other conditions as regards suitability of the rival tenderers is equal. A student still undergoing his studies in a university be regarded as having completed his education or being 'unemployed' youth. When a person is still pursuing his course of studies in a university, there is no basis for treating him as an 'educated unemployed youth', Bishnu Ram Bohrah v. Parag Saikia, AIR 1984 SC 898 (904): (1984) 2 SCC 488. [Assam Excise Rules, 1945, R. 223]...
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