TY  - BOOK
ED  - Universal Law Publishing
TI  - The Right of Children to free & Compulsary Education Act, 2009 35 of 2009
U1  - 340 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Universal Law Publishing
KW  - Bare Act
N1  - THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT, 2009
Introduction
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY '
Sections
1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions ; " * '
CHAPTER 11
RIGHT TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION 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
CHAPTER III
DUTIES OF APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT, LOCAL AUTHORITY AND PARENTS
t 6. Duty of appropriate Government and local authority to establish school
7. Sharing of financial and other responsibilities
8; Duties of appropriate Goveniment
9. Duties of local authority 10. Duty of parents and guardian 11. Appropriate Government to provide for pre-school education
CHAPTER IV
RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS 1^. Extent of school's responsibility for free and compulsory education ^3. No capitation fee and screening procedure for admission
14. Proof of age for admission
15. No denial of admission
16. Prohibition of holding back and expulsion 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 scliool
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

Sections
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. Prolribition of private tuition by teacher . .
CHAPTER V
CURRICULUM AND COMPLETION OF
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
29. Curriculum and evaluation procedure
30. Examination and completion certificate
CHAPTER VI
PROTECTION OF RIGHT OF CHILDREN
31. Monitoring of child's right to education
32. Redressal of grievances
33. Constitution of National Advisory Council
34. Constitution of State Advisory Council
CHAPTER VII
MISCELLANEOUS
35. Power to issue directions
36. Previous sanction for prosecution
I 37. Protection of action taken in good faith
38. Power of appropriate Government to make rules
THE SCHEDULE.—Norms and Standards for a School

THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND
COMPULSORY EDUCATION RULES, 2010
Rules
1. Short title and commencement . . . 19
PART I
PRELIMINARY ''
2. Definitions . . ' . jg
PART II
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 3. Composition and functions of the School Management Committee . . 19
4. Preparation of School Development Plan . . . 21
PART ni
RIGHT TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION 5. Special Training . . 21
PART IV DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITY 6. Area or limits of neighbourhood . . . . 22
7. Financial Responsibility of the Central Government . . . 22
8. Academic responsibility of the Central Govenrment . . . 23
Rules
9. Responsibilities of the appropriate Government and local authority
10. Maintenance of records of children by the local authority
PART V
RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
11. Admission of children belonging to weaker section and disadvantaged group
12. Reimbursement of per-child-expenditiue by the appropriate Government
13. Documents as age proof
14. Extended period for admission
15. Recognition to school
16. Withdrawal of recognition to school '
PART VI ; TEACHERS '
17. Minimum qualifications
18. Relaxation of minimum qualifications
19. Acquiring minimum qualifications
20. Salary and allowances and conditions of service of teachers
21. Duties performed by teachers
22. Maintaining pupil-teacher ratio
PART vn
CURRICULUM AND COMPLETION OF
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
23. Academic authority
24. Award of certificate
PART VIII
PROTECTION OF RIGHT OF CHILDREN
25. Performance of functions by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
26. Manner of furnishing complaints before the National Conunission for Protection of Child Rights
27. Performance of functions by the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
28. Marmer of furnishing complaints before the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
29. Constitution of the National Advisory Council
30. Functions of the National Advisory Council . • '
31. Constitution of the State Advisory Council
FORM 1.—Self-declaration-cum-application for grant of recognition of School
FORM II.—[Recognition certificate —See sub-rule (4) of rule 15]

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