Assistance to Railway Employees for Education of their Children

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children's educational allowance in respect of our child/ children.

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MASTER CIRCULAR 
Master Circular No. 17 
Assistance to Railway Employees for Education of their Children. 
The Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) have decided to issue a consolidated 
Master Circular based on the instructions/ orders issued from time to time on the 
subject of "Educational Assistance " to the children of Railway employees as below 
for the information and guidance of all concerned. 
2. Children Educational Assistance, Reimbursement of Tuition Fee and Hostel 
Subsidy. 
Applicable on: 
1. These orders shall apply to Railway servants including those on deputation 
to the Railways whose pay is debitable to Railway Revenues but shall not 
apply to 
a. Civil servants; 
b. Persons in casual or daily rated or ad-hoc or part time employment; 
c. Persons paid from contingencies; 
d. Persons employed on contract except where the contract provided 
otherwise, and 
e. India based Railway staff serving in Missions abroad and receiving 
educational assistance under the Indian Foreign Service (Pay, Leave, 
Compensatory Allowance s and other conditions of Service) Rules, 
1961. 
2. These orders shall also apply to Railway Servants on deputation to State 
Governments or on foreign service, provided necessary provision in regard 
to the drawal of educational assistance under these orders from such State 
Government or foreign employers is expressly made in the terms of 
deputation or foreign service. 
3. Definitions: 
In these orders, unless the context otherwise require:- 
a. 'Child' means a child of a Railway servant and includes a step-child and an 
adopted child, who is wholly dependent on the Government servant; 
b. 'Railway' means the Zonal Railway Administrations on open lines, 
Production Units including other organisations set up directly under the 
administrative control of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board); 
c. 'Head of Office' means a gazetted officer declared as such under rule 4 of 
the Delegation of Financial powers Rules, 1978 and include such other 
authority or person whom the competent authority may, by order, specify as 
Head of Office;

d. 'Higher Secondary or senior Secondary Classes' mean classes XI and XII 
and include classes Upto the equivalent of XII class under the 10+2+3 
scheme like Pre-university class or the first year class of an Intermediate 
College, a technical College, or a Polytechnic provided the child has passed 
the Secondary or equivalent but not the Higher Secondary Examination 
before joining such class. 
e. 'Primary Classes' mean classes I to V but does not include kindergarten of 
nursery classes. 
f. 'Recognised School' mean a Government School or any educational 
institution whether in receipt of Government aid or not, recognised by the 
Central or State Government or Union Territory Administration or by a 
University or a recognised educational authority having jurisdiction over the 
area where the institution is situated. For the purpose of these orders 
education upto the senior level shall be treated as school education; 
g. 'Secondary classes' mean classes VI to X. 
h. 'Tuition Fee' means tuition fee payable and actually paid, and includes:- 
i. 
Science fee, 
ii. 
Laboratory fee, in case science fee is not separately charged; 
iii. 
Special fee charged for agriculture as an elective additional subject; 
and 
iv. 
any fee charged for subjects like music which are taught as part of 
the regular school curriculum or subject requiring practical work 
under the programme of work experience; 
Provided that if tuition fee charged from a Science student is higher 
than that charged from a non-science student, science fee, though 
separately charged, shall not be included in tuition fee for the 
purposes of these orders. 
i. 
Explanation. 'Tuition fee' does not, however, include: - 
i. 
Domestic science fund charges; 
ii. 
Library fee; 
iii. 
Games fee; 
iv. 
Admission fee; and 
v. 
Extra curricular activity fee. 
4. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY 
4.1 
1. Subject to the p

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