Section 31
Free education for children with benchmark disabilities.
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
About this Act
An Act to give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) Notwithstanding anything
contained in the Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (35 of 2009), every
child with benchmark disability between the age of six to eighteen years shall have the right to free
education in a neighbourhood school, or in a special school, of his choice.
(2) The appropriate Government and local authorities shall ensure that every child with benchmark disability has access to free education in an appropriate environment till he attains the age of eighteen years.
(2) The appropriate Government and local authorities shall ensure that every child with benchmark disability has access to free education in an appropriate environment till he attains the age of eighteen years.