16. Admission to recognised schools.—(1) A child who has not attained the age of five years, shall
not be admitted to class I, or an equivalent class or any class higher than class I, in a recognised school.
(2) A student seeking admission for the first time in a recognised school in a class higher than class I
shall not be admitted to that class if his age reduced by the number of years of normal school study
between that class and class I or an equivalent class, falls short of five years.
(3) Admission to a recognised school or to any class thereof shall be regulated by rules made in this
behalf.
17. Fees and other charges.—(1) No aided school shall levy any fee or collect any other charge or
receive any other payment except those specified by the Director.
(2) Every aided school having different rates of fees or other charges or different funds shall obtain
prior approval of the prescribed authority before levying such fees or collecting such charges or creating
such funds.
(3) The manager of every recognised school shall, before the commencement of each academic
session, file with the Director a full statement of the fees to be levied by such school during the ensuing
academic session, and except with the prior approval of the Director, no such school shall charge, during
that academic session, any fee in excess of the fee specified by its manager in the said statement.
18. School Fund.—(1) In every aided school, there shall be a fund, to be called the “School Fund”,
and there shall be credited thereto—
(a) any aid granted by the Administrator,
(b) income accruing to the school by way of fees, charges or other payments, and
(c) any other contributions, endowments and the like.
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(2) The School Fund and all other funds, including the Pupils’ Fund, established with the approval of
the Administrator, shall be accounted for and operated in accordance with the rules made under this Act.
(3) In every recognised unaided school, there shall be a fund, to be called the “Recognised Unaided
School Fund”, and there shall be credited thereto income accruing to the school by way of—
(a) fees,
(b) any charges and payments which may be realised by the school for other specific purposes,
and
(c) any other contributions, endowments, gifts and the like,
(4) (a) Income derived by unaided schools by way of fees shall be utilised only for such educational
purposes as may be prescribed; and
(b) charges and payments realised and all other contributions, endowments and gifts received by the
school shall be utilised only for the specific purpose for which they were realised or received.
(5) The managing committee of every recognised private school shall file every year with the
Director such duly audited financial and other returns as may be prescribed, and every such return shall
be audited by such authority as may be prescribed.
19. Affiliations.—(1) For the purpose of any public examination every recognised higher secondary
school shall be affiliated to one or more of the Boards or Council conducting such examination and shall
fulfil the conditions specified by the Board or Council in this behalf.
(2) The students of recognised higher secondary schools shall be prepared for, and presented to, the
public examinations or such other form of evaluation held or made for the students of such schools.
(3) The students of every recognised middle school shall be prepared for, and presented to, such
public examination as may be held by the Directorate of Education, Delhi, for the students of such
schools.
(4) Every student of a recognised primary school shall be prepared for, and presented to, the public
examination held by a local authority competent to hold such examination for the students of such
schools.