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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.
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 the age of 6 to 14 years in India under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, on April 12, 2012 and directed every school, including privately-run ones, to give immediately free education to students from socially and economically backward classes from class-I till they reach the age of 14 years.
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 Long Title: An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years.
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.
It is now two years since the Right of Children to Free and CompulsoryEducation(RTE) Act, 2009 became operative. In these two years we have seen important developments for the implementationof the RTE Act.
MODEL RULES UNDER THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT, 2009 PART I - PRELIMINARY Short title, extent and commencement 1 (1) These Rules may be called the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2009. (2) They shall come into force from (Date) (3) They shall extend to the whole of (Name of State)
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008, is anchored in the belief that the values of equality, social justice and democracy and the creation of a just and humane society can be achieved only through provision of inclusive elementary education to all.
The Act: Child rights. Defines ‘free’ as removal of any financial barrier by the state that prevents a child from completing eight years of schooling. Compulsory means- compulsory admission, attendance and completion of EE.
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.
