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Power to make rules 2 THE ANDHRA PRADESH SCHOOL EDUCATION REGULATORY AND MONITORING COMMISSION ACT, 2019 (ACT No. 21 OF 2019) [16th August, 2019] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ANDHRA PRADESH SCHOOL EDUCATION REGULATORY AND MONITORING COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN STANDARDS OF EDUCATION, REGULATION OF FEE, COMPETENCES OF TEACHERS, EFFECTIVE INSPECTION/MONITORING OF SCHOOLS, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS OF RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT, 2009, PUBLIC SPIRITEDNESS, EQUITY, EXCELLENCE, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND PROBITY ALONG WITH GOOD GOVERNANCE IN LINE WITH THE NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION AND RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT 2009 AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO. Whereas, the Government of Andhra Pradesh is committed to educating and nurturing all students by providing better access, promoting enrolment and retention with emphasis on equity, quality and school infrastructure; And whereas, Andhra Pradesh is making strides towards overall growth and sustainable development, Education provides the surest instrument for attaining these goals; And whereas, as per unified data on School Education (U-DISE) 2018-19, Andhra Pradesh has 62,063 Schools covering 13 districts that include Primary Schools, Upper Primary Schools and High Schools. The total students enrolment from Primary to High School is 70,41,568. The total Teachers strength is 2,87,423. There are 778 Teacher Education Institutions managed and regulated by School Education Department, including Government and Private; And whereas, in the context of fast changes in the education System, there is a need for change in the academic requirements, teaching methods, supervision, curricula, courses of study, system of examination, teacher training, school organization and teacher competences. This situation naturally calls for revised and continually rising standards in these key areas of School Educational Administration. The existing rules are not comprehensive enough to deal with aforesaid significant developments and have also proved ineffective in actual implementation. It has, therefore, become necessary to confer by law adequate powers on the concerned authorities to deal with the changed situation; And whereas, the Government of India enacted Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009; Now, therefore, in this regard, the Andhra Pradesh Government endeavors to establish a regulatory mechanism to maintain standards of school education, regulation of fee, competences of teachers, information disclosure, effective inspection /monitoring of schools, implementation of the provisions of Right to Education Act, punitive measures on defaulting schools etc. A Regulatory Commission established for this purpose will develop effective and responsive regulation ensuring maintenance of standards of education, regulation of fee in private institutions, implementation of provisions of Right to Education Act, 2009, public spiritedness, equity, excellence, financial stability and probity along with good governance in line with the National Policy on Education and Right to Education Act, 2009 (Central Act No.35 of 2009). Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the 3 Seventieth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY