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Power to make rules 2 THE ANDHRA PRADESH SCHOOL EDUCATION (COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1998 ACT No. 13 OF 1998 [22nd April, 1998] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR REFROMING SCHOOL EDUCAITON IN ANDHRA PRADESH BY INSURING PEOPLES PARTICIPATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOLS AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO. Where as the constitutional goal of Universal Primary Education remained elusive over the decades, due largely to the fact that the prevailing educational system is not geared to achieve that objective; And whereas it is necessary that children should be given an opportunity for their potentialities to manifest to the fullest extent through the universalisation of education and by improving the quality of education; And whereas the active participation of the local community through empowerment of parents who care most for the future of the children is imperative to ensure effective functioning of the schools; And whereas decentralization of school administration is necessary to ensure more effective functioning of the school education system, promote accountability and better motivated teachers and better moulded students; And whereas for achieving the above purposes, self-correcting democratic institutions should be established; Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Forty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- PART - I PRELIMINARY