9. The preceding Regulations shall not apply to the School departments of affiliated Colleges. CHAPTER XX. INSPECTION OF AFFILIATED COLLEGES. 1. The inspection of Colleges shall be conducted jointly by the Inspector of Colleges and one or two other persons who shall from time to time be appointed by the Syndicate to assist in the inspection of a College or a group of Colleges. In the case of inspection of Colleges affiliated in Arts or Science, the additional Inspector or Inspectors shall be so chosen that both branches of study are represented if necessary. In the case of Colleges affiliated in any branch of professional learning, the additional Inspector or Inspectors shall be specially qualified in that subject. 2. All Colleges shall be inspected once within eighteen months after the date when these Regulations come into operation. Thereafter, every College shall be inspected at least once a year. 3. The report of the Inspectors shall deal with the following among other matters : (a) The constitution of the Governing Body and the names (b) The suitability of the buildings and their neighbourhood, (d) The provision made for the residence of the Head of the (e) The adequacy of the Library, scientific apparatus, and other teaching appliances. (f) The courses of study, the subjects taught, the number of lectures delivered in each subject, the routine of work and the arrangements for exercises and for tutorial assistance, and the facilities given to students to make use of the Library. (g) The adequacy of the teaching staff. (h) The strictness' with which the College registers are kept. and the transfer rules observed. (i) The average monthly roll-number and the daily attendance of students during the last twelve months, as compared with the previous year's. (j) The results of University examinations. (k) The state of discipline. (1) The provision made for physical exercise. (m) College clubs and other institutions for fostering Collegiate life. (n) The extent and character of hostel accommodation, the degree of efficiency attained in the supervision of hostels and other lodgings for students; and the distance of such hostels and lodgings from the College. premises. 4. The following books shall be kept by every College :-(a) An admission register, in such form as the Syndicate. may from time to time prescribe. (b) An attendance register. (c) A student's conduct register showing fines exacted and other punishments. (d) A register of the results of periodical examinations and class exercises. (e) A register of Transfer Certificates issued and received. (f) A cash-book. (g) A book containing the proceedings of the Governing Body. 5. All the accounts, books, and other records of a College shall at all times be open to inspection and examination by any person or persons who may be deputed by the Syndicate for the purpose, provided that any information obtained from the inspection of the accounts shall be deemed confidential. 6. No inspection or examination under these Regulations shall have reference to religious instruction. 7. Every college shall furnish annually a return in such form as the Syndicate may from time to time prescribe. CHAPTER XXI. RECOGNITION OF SCHOOLS AND WITHDRAWAL THEREOF. 1. A school situated within the local limits assigned to the University of Calcutta by the Governor-General in Council, under Section 27 of the Indian Universities Act, 1904, which is desirous of being recognised as a school competent to present candidates for the Matriculation Examination, shall send a letter of application to the Registrar. 2. The school shall furnish a preliminary statement showing(a) That the school is under the management of a regularly constituted committee on which the teaching staff is represented, that proper provision is made for the continuance of the existence of such committee, and that the rules are such that the committee can exercise a necessary amount of control over the working of the school. (b) That the qualifications, character and experience of the Head Master and the rest of the teaching staff are satisfactory, that due provision is made in respect of the number of teachers, and otherwise for carrying on all the courses of instruction in which the school desires to be recognised by the University as competent to present candidates for the Matriculation Examination, and that the conditions governing the tenure of the office of the Head Master and his staff are such as to render proper continuity of work possible. (c) That the buildings in which the school is carried on are adapted for the purposes of a school, and are in proper sanitary condition, that the surroundings are suitable, and that the arrangements made in the buildings and in the furnishing of them are not likely to injure in any way the eyesight and general health of the pupils. (d) That the accommodation is sufficient for the classes under instruction in the school. (e) That the sanitary conveniences attached to the school are adequate and are kept in good order. (f) That arrangements are made for the supply of good drinking-water to the pupils, and that facilities are provided to allow them to partake of refreshments. (g) That due provision is made for the maintenance of a library and for lending out appropriate books (not school textbooks) for the use of pupils. (h) That when recognition is sought in any branch of work, such as experimental science (1) which involves lectures which should be experimentally illustrated or (2) which involves the students themselves doing practical experimental work, the apparatus and the facilities provided for the purpose are sufficient to carry out these objects properly and fully. (i) That when any subject proposed to be taught requires for its proper understanding to be illustrated by special appliances, e.g., the subject of Geography by maps and models, and the science subjects by a collection of objects or collections in the form of a museum, such provision has been made. (j) That the school authorities have made provision to ensure discipline and good conduct among the pupils both within and without the school premises, and that there are suitable arrangements for their recreation. (k) That when pupils are not resident with either parents or guardians, the school authorities will insist on such students living either in a hostel or a mess which is duly inspected and placed under the control of some person responsible to the Head Master of the school for the discipline and well-being of such pupils. (1) That no teacher is allowed to teach (i) in the Entrance Class or Second Class or any section time; (iii) in either the Seventh or the Eighth Class, or any section thereof, more than 30 pupils at the same time. 3. The Syndicate shall also require full information as to the financial position of the school and must be satisfied that its financial stability is assured. Information obtained on this head shall not be published. 4. The Syndicate shall also require full information as to the reasons for the establishment of the school, and as to the number of schools of the same standard which exist in the neighbourhood of the proposed school, and it must be shown that the establishment and recognition of the school will not be injurious to the interests of education and discipline. 5. The Syndicate shall also require full information as to the fees, if any, which it is proposed to levy in the school. 6. The Syndicate shall require a school, as a condition of its recognition, to send in to the University once in each year, at such time as the Syndicate may prescribe, a short general report of the working of the school, together with a list of the staff of the school, and of any changes which may have taken place in the staff in the course of the preceding year. The Syndicate shall also require that at the same time an abstract of the actual annual income and expenditure of the school shall be submitted, and shall insist that the remuneration of the teachers shall be on a reasonable scale and that the other expenditure shall be sufficient to maintain the school in efficiency. The Syndicate shall also obtain an assurance that any transference of management and all changes in the teaching staff will be forthwith reported to the Syndicate. 7. On receipt of the letter of application for recognition, and of all such information as the Syndicate may consider to be necessary to establish a presumptive claim for the recognition of the school, the Syndicate shall call for a report on the points dealt with in Regulations 2-5 inclusive from a competent Inspector, and for this purpose the personal report of the Government Inspector of Schools of the Division in which the school is situated shall usually be considered to be sufficient. This shall not, however, prevent the Syndicate from calling for special reports by any properly qualified person or persons on any or all of the foregoing points. Should the person deputed be an Inspector of Schools, his report shall ordinarily be submitted through the Director of Public Instruction of the Province in which the school is situated with such remarks as the Director thinks it necessary to make. 8. On receipt of all the required information, the Syndicate shall decide whether the school shall be recognised or not, and, if recognised, the exact courses in which such school may submit candidates for the Matriculation Examination shall be stated in the letter of recognition. If a recognized school desires to add to the courses of instruction in respect of which it is recognized, the procedure described in Regulations 2-7 shall, so far as may be necessary, be followed. 9. One of the conditions of recognition, or of the continuance of recognition of a school already recognised, shall be that it shall submit to periodic inspection by a person or persons deputed by the Syndicate from time to time. It is desirable that such inspection take place at least once in each school year, and that copies of the inspection reports should be duly communicated to the University by the person or persons so deputed after each such inspection. 10. It shall be competent to the Syndicate at any time to withdraw the privilege of recognition granted under these Regulations or granted under any rules previously in existence, for any one of the following reasons :— (a) If a school on average of three years fails to pass 33 per cent. of the candidates sent up for the Matriculation Examination. (b) If the reports of inspections received show that the school is no longer worthy of recognition. (c) If it is found that the conditions which were considered essential to the recognition of the school in the first instance and which obtained when the school was placed on the University list are no longer fulfilled. (d) For any other reason considered to be sufficient by the Syndicate, the reason to be specified and recorded. |