Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
Bare Act · 2009
An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years.
- Act number
- 35 of 2009
- Enacted
- 26 August 2009
- Contents
- 39 sections · 8 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Right To Free And Compulsory Education
- Section 3 – Right of child to free and compulsory education
- Section 4 – Special provisions for children not admitted to, or who have not completed, elementary education
- Section 5 – Right of transfer to other school
Chapter III — Duties Of Appropriate Government, Local Authority And Parents
- Section 6 – Duty of appropriate Government and local authority to establish school (preview)
- Section 7 – Sharing of financial and other responsibilities (preview)
- Section 8 – Duties of appropriate Government (preview)
- Section 9 – Duties of local authority (preview)
- Section 10 – Duty of parents and guardian (preview)
- Section 11 – Appropriate Government to provide for pre-school education (preview)
Chapter IV — Responsibilities Of Schools And Teachers
- Section 12 – Extent of school’s responsibility for free and compulsory education (preview)
- Section 13 – No capitation fee and screening procedure for admission (preview)
- Section 14 – Proof of age for admission (preview)
- Section 15 – No denial of admission (preview)
- Section 16 – Examination and holding back in certain cases (preview)
- Section 17 – Prohibition of physical punishment and mental harassment to child (preview)
- Section 18 – No school to be established without obtaining certificate of recognition (preview)
- Section 19 – Norms and standards for school (preview)
- Section 20 – Power to amend Schedule (preview)
- Section 21 – School Management Committee (preview)
- Section 22 – School Development Plan (preview)
- Section 23 – Qualifications for appointment and terms and conditions of service of teachers (preview)
- Section 24 – Duties of teachers and redressal of grievances (preview)
- Section 25 – Pupil-Teacher Ratio (preview)
- Section 26 – Filling up vacancies of teachers (preview)
- Section 27 – Prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational purposes (preview)
- Section 28 – Prohibition of private tuition by teacher (preview)
Chapter V — Curriculum And Completion Of Elementary Education
- Section 29 – Curriculum and evaluation procedure (preview)
- Section 30 – Examination and completion certificate (preview)
Chapter VI — Protection Of Right Of Children
- Section 31 – Monitoring of child’s right to education (preview)
- Section 32 – Redressal of grievances (preview)
- Section 33 – Constitution of National Advisory Council (preview)
- Section 34 – Constitution of State Advisory Council (preview)
Chapter VII — Miscellaneous
- Section 35 – Power to issue directions (preview)
- Section 37 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 38 – Power of appropriate Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 39 – Power of Central Government to remove difficulties (preview)