11 features of india's right to education act
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11 features of...
India’s Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.Source: RIGHT TO EDUCATION, 2009 IN INDIA: A CHALLENGEby Dr. Geeta Rani
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1.It is responsibility of the State to provide free and compulsory elementary education to children.
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2.Only children aged between 6 and 14 will be covered by this Act.
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3. No capitation fee can be charged by schools.
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4. No child can be expelled from school.
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5. No child to be denied admission.
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6. Quality teachers should be recruited.
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7. 25 % seats in all private schools should be reserved for disadvantaged sections.
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8. Parents must constitute 75% of the members in management committees.
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9. School management committee should have 50% women members.
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10. Collection of capitation fee will attract a fine of upto 10 times the amount collected. Screening procedure will attract or invite a fine of up to Rs. 25,000/ for the first offence and double the amount for every subsequent violation.
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11. National and State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights must monitor the effective implementation of the measures in the Act and inquire into complaints.