Section 24: Issue of guidelines

(1) The appropriate authority shall have power to issue guidelines to relevant institutions in respect of the following, that is to say-
(a) the maximum number of pupils or students that may occupy each class by reference to its physical dimension;
(b) the ratio of pupils or students to each teacher;
(c) the minimum number of weeks in each school year or academic session during which instruction would be given to pupils or students;
(d) the records to be kept by the institution concerned;
(e) the accommodation to be maintained by the institution by reference to the total number of persons under instruction in the institution concerned and the optimum space to be reserved to each pupil or student, inclusive of teaching space in every classroom or lecture hall;
(f) the amenities to be maintained by the institution;
(g) the laboratories, workshops, technical drawing-rooms, typewriting rooms, model workshops, home economics rooms, art rooms and libraries to be maintained by the institution;
(h) the administrative blocks, staff rooms, assembly halls, kitchens, dining halls and other special buildings to be maintained by the institution;
(i)
the staff quarters and other living accommodation to be maintained for teaching, administrative, technical and other staff on the school grounds or campus;
(j) the boundary walls or fences to be maintained by the institution; and
(k)
such other physical structures as would be required to ensure or would be conducive to the maintenance of the minimum standards prescribed in respect of any such institution.
(2) Every guideline or amendment thereof issued pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be published by notice in the Federal Gazette and given additional publicity apart from such publication in such manner as the appropriate authority may determine.