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An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. It shall extend to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Overview. The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine.
The RTE Act provides for the right of children to free and compulsory education till completion of elementary education in a neighbourhood school. It clarifies that 'compulsory education' means obligation of the appropriate government to provide free elementary education and ensure compulsory admission, attendance and completion of elementary ...
The RTE Act mandates for all private schools to reserve 25 per cent of their seats for children from socially disadvantaged and economically backward sections. This move is intended to boost social inclusion and pave the way for a more just and equal country.
Main Features of Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009. Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the 6 to 14 age group. No child shall be held back, expelled or required to pass a board examination until the completion of elementary education.
“Act” means the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. “Anganwadi” means an Anganwadi Centre established under the Integrated Child Development Scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India.
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which represents the consequential legislation envisaged under Article 21-A, means that every child has a right to full time elementary education of satisfactory and equitable quality in a formal school which satisfies certain essential norms and standards.
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE), is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted on 4 August 2009, which describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India under Article 21a of the Indian Constitution.
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement. Section 2. Definitions. 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. Section 6.
THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019. NO. 1 OF 2019 [10th January, 2019.] An Act further to amend the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
