RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO

FREE & COMPULSORY

EDUCATION ACT, 2009

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Child Rights

Free

and compulsory education to all children of

India in the 6 to 14 age group including differentlyabled children

Admission

will be done in the class appropriate to

the age of the child. In such cases that child have
right to receive special coaching.

No

child shall be screened, held back, expelled, or

required to pass a board examination until
completion of elementary education (up to class8).

On

completion of elementary education he/ she

shall be awarded a certificate which should contain
cumulative record of the child specifying the
achievements beyond the prescribed course like
music, dance, literature, sports, etc.

child has right to complete elementary education

in his/her mother tongue.

Responsibilities of Schools &

Teachers

Schools established, owned or controlled by the Govt.

or a local authority shall provide free & compulsory

education to all children in the neighborhood areas.
Schools receiving aid or grants from the Govt. or local
authority shall provide free & compulsory education
to such number of children as grant received. The
school may provide Free education to rest of the
enrolled children.
Schools belonging to specific category and un-aided
schools shall enroll at least 25% of the total seats of
class-1
children
belonging
to
weaker
&
disadvantaged section in the neighborhood and
provide free & compulsory education till its
completion.
If preschool facility is available in any schools the
same norm is applicable.

 No

capitation and screening procedure for

admission. For collection of capitation fees, the
extent of fine is 10 times of the capitation fee
collected. For screening, the extent fine is Rs.
25000/- for 1st contravention and Rs. 50000/- for
each subsequent contravention.
No child shall be denied to take admission for lack
of age proof.
Admission will be done in the beginning of the
academic year but no child cannot be denied at
any time of the year to get admission. If the child
is admitted middle of the year, he/she has rights to
receive special coaching to be at par with others.
No corporal punishment in schools. On
contravention, disciplinary actions will be taken
against the teacher as per service rule.
Fixed Norms & Standards for a school

Norms & Standards for a

school
PTR
Class
1st to 5th

6th to 8th

Student

Teacher

Up to 60

61 to 90

91 to 120

121 to 200

above 150

5 + 1 HM

Above 200

PTR shall not exceed

40

At least 1 teacher per class

at least 1 teacher per 35 children
For schools more than 100 children 1 full time HM
and
Part time instructors for
Art Education
Health Education

Norms & Standards for a school

Building

At

least one classroom per teacher and 1 office - store - HM

room

Barrier free access

Safe and adequate drinking water facility to all children
Separate toilet for boys & girls
Kitchen for MDM
Playground, School boundary wall or fencing

Teaching Learning Equipments: Shall be provided to each

class as required

Library: There shall be a library in each school providing News

papers, Magazines, and books on all subjects including story
books

Playing materials, Games and Sports Equipments: Shall be

provided to each class as required

Norms & Standards for a school

Working days/hours
For Class 1 to 5
200 working days per annum
800 instructional hours per annum
For Class 6th to 8th
220 working days per annum
1000 instructional Hours per annum
For Teachers
Minimum 45 teaching hours including
preparation per week

After commencement of the Act, no school shall

be
established
without
recognition.
For
recognition the school has to fulfill the norms
and standards. On contravention, recognition of
the school will be withdrawn with a direction to
the school to admit the students in neighboring
school.
In case a school is established before
commencement of the Act and does not fulfilling
the norms and standards shall take steps to
fulfill it within 3 years of the commencement of
the Act on its own expenses. Where a school
fails to fulfill the norms & standards within the
time period, recognition of the school will be
withdrawn with a direction to the school to admit
the students in neighboring school.

 Every

school except unaided & private schools

must have a school management committee.

The committee will consist of elected members

of the local authority (GP), teachers and parents
out of which three-fourth will be parents which
will be proportionate to the Nos. of children of
weaker and backward sections. 50% of the total
members must be females.

The

committee will review the activities of the

school and prepare the action plan for the
school.

Funds will be allocated to the school as per the

plan made by school management committee.

 Teachers

should be recruited on the basis of

appropriate degrees/ qualifications to be fixed by the
Central govt. (NCTE)
If a teacher recruited before the commencement of
the Act does not possess the appropriate degree
he/she has to get it within 5 years of commencement
of the Act.
Duties of a Teacher

Maintain regularity and punctuality in attending school

Conduct the curriculum and complete within the specified

time
Assess the learning ability of each child and supplement
additional instruction accordingly
Hold regular meeting with parents and guardians and
apprise them about attendance, learning ability, progress
and other relevant information about their child
No Private Teachings/ Tuitions
On contravention disciplinary action will be taken

Responsibility of Local Authority

Free

& compulsory education to all children of 6 to 14

age.
Ensure availability of neighborhood school
Maintain records of children up to age of 14 residing
within its jurisdiction.
Ensure that child belonging to weaker section &
disadvantaged groups are not discriminated in getting
free & compulsory education and admission of children
from migrant families.
Ensure & monitor admission, attendance & completion of
elementary education by every child within its
jurisdiction.
Monitor functioning of schools within its jurisdiction and
decide the academic calendar.
Provide infrastructure including school building, teaching
staff, and learning materials.
Ensure good quality elementary education conforming
to the norms & standards prescribed in the Act.

Responsibility of State Government

Provide free & Compulsory education to all children

with the age group of 6 to 14 years.

Establishment of neighborhood school for every
children within 3 years of commencement of the Act
Ensure the pupil-teacher ratio as per the norm and
standard of a school within 6 month of the
commencement of the Act.
Development of mother-tongue based curriculum
Not to deploy Teachers in any non-educational
purposes other than Population Census, Relief for
Natural Disaster and Election Works.
Ensure that vacancy of teachers should not exceeds
10 % of the total teachers post
Share financial responsibility with the Central
Government.

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