This document discusses the Right to Education Act (RTE) of India. It provides an introduction to the RTE, which makes education a fundamental right for children ages 6 to 14. Key points include:
- The RTE Act was passed in 2009 and came into effect in 2010, enshrining the right to free and compulsory elementary education in the Indian Constitution.
- It aims to provide all children with access to good quality elementary education in a formal school setting.
- "Free education" means no child can be denied access due to inability to pay fees, while "compulsory education" obligates governments to provide education for all children ages 6 to 14.
- The Act
2. Right to Education Act
(RTE)
Submitted To:
Mrs. Reena
jaggi
Submitted By: -
Amal krishna
Aayush
kumbhare
Ayush sharma
Honeymesh
Yash raj solanki
3. INTRODUCTION
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 6 and 14 in India under
Article 21A of the Indian
constitution India became one of
135 countries to make education a
fundamental right of every child
when the act came into force on 1
April 2010
4.
5. About Right To Education Act 2009
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. 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.
6. ARTICLE 21-A AND THE RTE ACT CAME INTO EFFECT ON 1 APRIL 2010.
THE TITLE OF THE RTE ACT INCORPORATES THE WORDS ‘FREE AND
COMPULSORY’. ‘FREE EDUCATION’ MEANS THAT NO CHILD,
OTHER THAN A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN ADMITTED BY HIS OR HER
PARENTS TO A SCHOOL WHICH IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE
APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT, SHALL BE LIABLE TO PAY ANY KIND
OF FEE OR CHARGES OR EXPENSES WHICH MAY PREVENT HIM OR
HER FROM PURSUING AND COMPLETING ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION. ‘COMPULSORY EDUCATION’ CASTS AN OBLIGATION
ON THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
TO PROVIDE ANDNS OF THE RTE ACT.
ENSURE ADMISSION, ATTENDANCE AND COMPLETION OF
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BY ALL CHILDREN IN THE 6-14 AGE
GROUP. WITH THIS, INDIA HAS MOVED FORWARD TO A RIGHTS
BASED FRAMEWORK THAT CASTS A LEGAL OBLIGATION ON
THE CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THIS
FUNDAMENTAL CHILD RIGHT AS ENSHRINED IN THE ARTICLE 21A
OF THE CONSTITUTION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISION.
ARTICLE 21
7. Challenges in Education
According to latest estimates, some 3.5 million elementary school
children still not in school
Wide disparities in the educational status of different regions
Out of school children are from socially marginalised groups,
especially girls, working children, children of very poor families,
and children in difficult circumstances
Drop out rates at elementary level as high as 51 percent; rising to 62
percent at secondary level
47 percent children in Class 5 are unable to read a Class 2 text
8. Basic Concepts
“Compulsory Education” defined as the
obligation of the State to take all necessary
steps to ensure that every child participates in,
and completes Elementary Education.
“Free Education” defined as freedom from
liability to (i) pay any fee to the school, and (ii)
incur such other prescribed expenses as may
be likely to prevent the child from participating in
and completing Elementary Education.
9. CHILD’S RIGHT TO
EDUCATION
Spelt out as “right to free and
compulsory education of equitable
quality” – in turn, elaborated as the
right to participate in full-time free
and compulsory elementary
education in a neighbourhood
school, which fulfils prescribed
norms regarding infrastructure,
staffing,curriculum, etc
Suitable provisions for non-enrolled
children to enable them to join age
appropriate grades.
