September 12, 2026

Section 6 – RTE Act: Duty of Appropriate Government and Local Authority to Establish School

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — back to Table of Contents

Section 6. Duty of appropriate Government and local authority to establish school

For carrying out the provisions of this Act, the appropriate Government and the local authority shall establish, within such area or limits of neighbourhood, as may be prescribed, a school, where it is not so established, within a period of three years from the commencement of this Act.