The National policy on Education aims at ensuring free and compulsory education of satisfactory quality to all children up to 14 years of age. Keeping this as the main thrust area, the objective of the department of education is to provide primary school within 1.0 Km of every habitation with a population of 150 or above. Non-Formal Education Centres have been provided in remote habitations where primary schools are not available.
There are 396 schools in A & N Islands spread over 36 Islands. Of these, 306 are managed by the Department of Education, 02 by Kendriya Vidhyalaya Sangatan, 02 by Navodaya Vidhyalaya Samiti, 2 are aided schools, 02 schools are maintained by Municipal Council and 71 are privately managed schools. In 2003 the Zilla Parishad in collaboration with Vivekananda Kendra has established 5 primary schools at Port Mout, Kadamatala, Basantipur, Pahalgaon and Diglipur.
Out of 306 Govt. schools, 24 are in tribal areas. All these Schools have a total of 85267 students including 6018 tribal students as on 30.09.2008. Education is provided in five mediums viz, English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali. All the Sr. Secondary and Secondary schools are affiliated to CBSE. The percentage of girl students is 48.38 and percentage of female teachers is 56.62%. There are 4726 teachers in the schools. The teacher pupil ratio is 1:18.
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| Title | Description |
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| Service Name | Issue of NOC to Schools seeking CBSE/ ICSE Affiliation |
| Whom To Apply | The applications may be submitted in Self Declaration Form addressed to the concerned Zonal Officer. |
| How To Apply | The Applicants may submit a Self Declaration Form, attached with necessary documents to their concerned Zonal Officer. The Zonal Officers, shall conduct the Inspection on the facilities and Infrastructures in respect of the School applying for NOC and ensure the maintenance of the standards are in lieu with the CBSE Guidelines. The Inspection Report shall thereafter be forwarded to the Director (Edn.) for issue of NOC for further issue of the Recognition Certificate |
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| Reference Bye Laws | https://www.cbse.gov.in/cbsenew/documents/affiliation-Bye-Laws.pdf |
| Title | Description |
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| Service Name | Provision Recognition of School |
| Whom To Apply | The application may be submitted online in the NSWS Portal shall be received by the Education Department. |
| How To Apply | The Applicants may login/ register in the NSWS Portal, complete their Profile data, Add the application of Provisional Recognition of School in their Project, Fill in the Application Form for Provisional Recognition of School and attached necessary documents in PDF/JPG format as required, submit their duly filled application form. The form submitted shall be received by the concerned Zonal Officer who shall inspect the school and submit their report to the Directorate of Education. The consolidated Inspection Report and Application Form along with necessary documents shall be scrutinized and placed for approval of the Director (Edn.) for further issue of the Recognition Certificate. |
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| Reference Bye Laws |
https://righttoeducation.in/sites/default/files/The%20Delhi%20School%20Education%20Rules,%201973.pdf |
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