Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Substituted by Act No.27 of 1987. 4 [Act No.1 of 1982] recognised by or affiliated to the 7Telangana Board of Intermediate Education; (12) “competent authority” means any person, officer or authority authorised by the Government by notification to perform the functions of the competent authority under this Act for such area or for such purposes as may be specified in the notification; (13) “Director” means – (i) in relation to general education or any part thereof, the Director in charge of primary education (including pre- primary), secondary education, adult education (including non-formal), special education, intermediate education or higher education, as the case may be; (ii) in relation to technical education, the Director of Technical Education; (14) “district” means a revenue district; (15) “District Educational Officer” means the officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 and includes a Joint Director, a Deputy Director or any other officer authorised by the Government to exercise the powers and perform the functions of a District Educational Officer; (16) “education” means 8[general education, medical education], technical education, physical education, teacher education, special education, oriental education, adult education (including non-formal) and any other branch of education which the Government may, by notification, specify;