Rte Act 2009

In force 38 sections Punjab

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Punjab's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, which is the record this site keeps current.

Act 35 of 2009

Preamble

THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT, 2009 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTIONS 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II RIGHT TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION 3. Right of child to free and compulsory education. 4. Special provisions for children not admitted to, or who have not completed, elementary education. 5. Right of transfer to other school. diaC bare nde CHAPTER III DUTIES OF APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT, LOCAL AUTHORITY AND PARENTS 6. Duty of appropriate Government and local authority to establish school. 7. Sharing of financial and other responsibilities. 8. Duties of appropriate Government. 9. Duties of local authority. 10. Duty of parents and guardian. 11. Appropriate Government to provide for pre-school education. CHAPTER IV RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS 12. Extent of school's responsibility for free and compulsory education. 13. No capitation fee and screening procedure for admission. 14. Proof of age for admission. 15. No denial of admission. 16. Prohibition of holding back and expulsion. 17. Prohibition of physical punishment and mental harassment to child. 18. No school to be established without obtaining certificate of recognition. 19. Norms and standards for school. 20. Power to amend Schedule. 21. School Management Committee. 22. School Development Plan. 23. Qualifications for appointment and terms and conditions of service of teachers. SECTIONS 24. Duties of teachers and redressal of grievances. 25. Pupil-Teacher Ratio. 26. Filling up vacancies of teachers. 27. Prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational purposes. 28. Prohibition of private tuition by teacher. CHAPTER V CURRICULUM AND COMPLETION OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 29. Curriculum and evaluation procedure. 30. Examination and completion certificate. CHAPTER VI PROTECTION OF RIGHT OF CHILDREN 31. Monitoring of child's right to education. 32. Redressal of grievances. 33. Constitution of National Advisory Council. 34. Constitution of State Advisory Council. IndiaCody CHAPTER VII MISCELLANEOUS 35. Power to issue directions. 36. Previous sanction for prosecution. 37. Protection of action taken in good faith. 38. Power of appropriate Government to make rules. 39. Power of Central Government to remove difficulties. THE SCHEDULE. THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT, 2009 ACT NO. 35 OF 2009 [26th August, 2009.] An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

Sections

Type to filter. 38 sections.

Provenance. Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/bf084419-06c9-42b8-896c-75a83b4eed4c.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/3c5d663f-56f6-4888-bfcc-9c353f934078/content).

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