Act Number: 35

Act Name: The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009

Year: 2009

Enactment Date: 2009-08-26

Long Title: An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of School Education and Literacy

Section 21: School Management Committee.
    (1) A school, other than a school specified in sub-clause (iv) of clause (n) of section 2, shall constitute a School Management Committee consisting of the elected representatives of the local authority, parents or guardians of children admitted in such school and teachers:
     Provided that at least three-fourth of members of such Committee shall be parents or guardians:
     Provided further that proportionate representation shall be given to the parents or guardians of children belonging to disadvantaged group and weaker section:
     Provided also that fifty per cent. of Members of such Committee shall be women.
     (2) The School Management Committee shall perform the following functions, namely:--
         (a) monitor the working of the school;
         (b) prepare and recommend school development plan;
         (c) monitor the utilisation of the grants received from the appropriate Government or local authority or any other source; and
         (d) perform such other functions as may be prescribed.
     1[Provided that the School Management Committee constituted under sub-section (1) in respect of,--
         (a) a school established and administered by minority whether based on religion or language; and
         (b) all other aided schools as defined in sub-section (ii) of clause (n) of section 2,
     shall perform advisory function only.]
                                                     STATE AMENDMENT
    Rajasthan
    Amendment of section 21, Central Act No. 35 of 2009.—In sub-section (2) of section 21 of the principal Act,-
    (i) in clause (c), the existing word “and”, appearing at the end, shall be deleted; and
    (ii) after the existing clause (c), so amended, and before the existing clause (d), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:-
    “(ca) ensure that teachers perform their duties specified by or under section 24; and”.
[Vide Rajasthan Act 32 of 2017, s. 4.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 30 of 2012, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-8-2012)
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