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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 NumberTitleActions
1 Short title, extent and commencement.
2 Definitions.
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.
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.
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.
16Examination and holding back in certain cases.
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.
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.
29 Curriculum and evaluation procedure.
30 Examination and completion certificate.
31 Monitoring of child’s right to education.
32 Redressal of grievances.
33 Constitution of National Advisory Council.
34 Constitution of State Advisory Council.
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.
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