Important documents and licenses

required while starting a school

In India a lot of legal processes come into play with regard to
starting a school. When the school trust or society is being
formed there should be a Memorandum of Association. This
document proves to be useful at all the later stages. The
owners also need to have a well laid out project report of
their school. The following details are regarded as being
important
as
well:

Building the land details

Water certificates
Hygiene certificates
Auditors statements
Bank statements of governing body and the members
Completion of building certificates
1.

The Registration Document of the School owning trust or

society: You need to present your organisation as a nonprofit
educational one, which is why you should first register as a trust or a
society.

2.

Few other Trust/Society Documents: List of Information of

Trust/Society

Members,

Affidavit

of

Relationship

between

Trust/Society Members, Memorandum of the Association, Rules &

Regulations of the Trust/Society, etc. are a few examples.
3.

The

Essentiality

Certificate

from

the

Education

Department: You would need this to buy land or get a land area on
lease for your school setup.
4.

Affidavit of the School Act: This is actually a Legal Document

that asserts that the new school will be run as per the provisions laid
by the School Act of the corresponding State Government.

5.

Land Related Documents: These may typically include, Lease

or Purchase Agreement, Building Plan, Blue Prints or other Proofs of
Construction, etc.

6.

Documented Business Plan: This will typically be a strategic

layout of how you are going to run your school.

7.

Documented Staffing Plan: Everything about how you will hire,

who will hire, the payment terms and the budget for the same will
also be needed on the papers.

8.

Audit Report of Financials: You would need a thorough Audit

Report listing all your financial flows, with authenticated signatures
of an auditor.

9.

Documents about School Administration: These would be all

the documents to reflect the details of the functioning of your
school, like the Facilities being offered, Logistics, Fee Structure, etc.