Section 14
Proof of age for admission.
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
About this Act
An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years.
(1) For the purposes of admission to elementary education, the age
of a child shall be determined on the basis of the birth certificate issued in accordance with the provisions
of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 (6 of 1886) or on the basis of such other
document, as may be prescribed.
(2) No child shall be denied admission in a school for lack of age proof.
(2) No child shall be denied admission in a school for lack of age proof.