The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Bare Act, All Sections & Free PDF
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Overview
An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years.
Sections (Showing 1 to 10 of 39)
Section 1 to Section 10 (10 Sections)
Short title, extent, application and commencement.
1 [Short title, extent, application and commencement].-- (1) This Act may be called the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. (2) It shall extend to the who...
Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appropriate Government" means-- (i) in relation to a school established, owned or controlled by the Central Government, o...
Right of child to free and compulsory education.
1 [(1) Every child of the age of six to fourteen years, including a child referred to in clause (d) or clause (e) of section 2, shall have the right to free and compulsory educatio...
Special provisions for children not admitted to, or who have not completed, elementary education.
Where a child above six years of age has not been admitted in any school or though admitted, could not complete his or her elementary education, then, he or she shall be admitted i...
Right of transfer to other school.
(1) Where in a school, there is no provision for completion of elementary education, a child shall have a right to seek transfer to any other school, excluding the school specified...
Duty of appropriate Government and local authority to establish school.
For carrying out the provisions of this Act, the appropriate Government and the local authority shall establish, within such area or limits of neighbourhood, as may be prescribed, ...
Sharing of financial and other responsibilities.
(1) The Central Government and the State Governments shall have concurrent responsibility for providing funds for carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2) The Central Governmen...
Duties of appropriate Government.
The appropriate Government shall (a) provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child: Provided that where a child is admitted by his or her parents or guardian, as ...
Duties of local authority.
Every local authority shall-- (a) provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child: Provided that where a child is admitted by his or her parents or guardian, as the...
Duty of parents and guardian.
It shall be the duty of every parent or guardian to admit or cause to be admitted his or her child or ward, as the case may be, to an elementary education in the neighbourhood scho...
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