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his chapter contains basic information about the qualification norms for teachers’
Tappointment to CBSE schools, salary, the infrastructure of schools, School Management
Committee and its functions, roles and responsibilities of the Head of school and penalties
as per the affiliation bye-laws of the Board.
All these have been described through EXTRACTS FROM AFFILIATION BYELAWS, 2018,
that illustrate some of the most relevant aspects of the Byelaws as far as TEACHERS are

concerned. These paragraphs are only an extract, hence, they cannot be construed as the
CHAPTER 1 : BASIC INFORMATION
entire Affiliation Byelaws. These can be used for a quick and summary understanding
only. For detailed information on these aspects, the reader should refer to CBSE Affiliation
Bye-Laws 2018 available at www.cbse.nic.in.

1.1 Important Definitions:

The following definitions may be relevant for a Teacher:

FEW DEFINITIONS - – for more details please see Chapter 1 of Affiliation Byelaws,
2018.

Clause Provisions of the Clause of Affiliation Byelaws

1.3.14 “School” means a school as defined in Section 2 of the Right to Education Act.

1.3.17 “Private School” means a school run by a Society/Trust/Company registered
(under section 8 of the Companies Act 2013) duly constituted and registered
under the provisions of Central/State Acts.

1.3.18 “Government Aided School” means school receiving grant-in-aid from the
Union Government/Administration of Union Territory/State Government/
Local Authority.

1.3.19 “Grants-in-aid” means aid or grant in the form of maintenance from the Cen-
tral Government or State Government or Administration of Union Territories
or Local Authority, as the case may be.

1.3.20 “Head of Institution” means the Headmaster/Principal of a Secondary/
Senior Secondary School affiliated with the Board

1.3.21 “Teacher” means a person in the employment of an institution affiliated with
the Board for teaching purposes as per the qualification criteria stipulated in
Section 23 of RTE Act 2009 or as per Affiliation Bye-Laws of the Board.

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