RTE Act Amendment 2019
| Sections: | Chaptericulars: |
| Title | The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019 |
| 1. | Short title and commencement |
| 2. | Substitution of new section for section 16 |
| 3. | Amendment of section 38 |
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019. Act 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:-
- (1) This Act may be called the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
- In the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for section 16, the following section shall be substituted, namely: –
“16. (1) There shall be a regular examination in the fifth class and in the eighth class at the end of every academic year.
(2) If a child fails in the examination referred to in sub-section (1), he shall be given additional instruction and granted opportunity for re-examination within a period of two months from the date of declaration of the result.
(3) The appropriate Government may allow schools to hold back a child in the fifth class or in the eighth class or in both classes, in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, if he fails in the re-examination referred to in sub-section (2):
Provided that the appropriate Government may decide not to hold back a child in any class till the completion of elementary education.
(4) No child shall be expelled from a school till the completion of elementary education.”
- In section 38 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
“(fa) the manner and the conditions subject to which a child may be held back under sub-section (3) of section 16;”.
RTE Act 2009
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THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT, 2009. ACT NO. 35 OF 2009, 26th August, 2009.
An Act to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
| Sections | Particulars |
| Preamble | |
| Chapter I | Preliminary |
| 1 | Short title, extent and commencement |
| 2 | Definitions |
| Chapter II | 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 |
| 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 |
| Chapter IV | Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 37 | Protection of action taken in good faith |
| 38 | Power of appropriate Government to make rules |
| The Schedule | Schedule |
| Schedule |