The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Act No. 35 of 2009) — commonly known as the RTE Act — provides for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years. As amended up to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019.
Chapter I — Preliminary
Section 1. Short title, extent, application and commencement
Chapter II — Right to Free and Compulsory Education
Section 3. Right of child to free and compulsory education
Section 5. Right of transfer to other school
Chapter III — Duties of Appropriate Government, Local Authority and Parents
Section 6. Duty of appropriate Government and local authority to establish school
Section 7. Sharing of financial and other responsibilities
Section 8. Duties of appropriate Government
Section 9. Duties of local authority
Section 10. Duty of parents and guardian
Section 11. Appropriate Government to provide for pre-school education
Chapter IV — Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers
Section 12. Extent of school’s responsibility for free and compulsory education
Section 13. No capitation fee and screening procedure for admission
Section 14. Proof of age for admission
Section 15. No denial of admission
Section 16. Examination and holding back in certain cases
Section 17. Prohibition of physical punishment and mental harassment to child
Section 18. No school to be established without obtaining certificate of recognition
Section 19. Norms and standards for school
Section 20. Power to amend Schedule
Section 21. School Management Committee
Section 22. School Development Plan
Section 23. Qualifications for appointment and terms and conditions of service of teachers
Section 24. Duties of teachers and redressal of grievances
Section 25. Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Section 26. Filling up vacancies of teachers
Section 27. Prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational purposes
Section 28. Prohibition of private tuition by teacher
Chapter V — Curriculum and Completion of Elementary Education
Section 29. Curriculum and evaluation procedure
Section 30. Examination and completion certificate
Chapter VI — Protection of Right of Children
Section 31. Monitoring of child’s right to education
Section 32. Redressal of grievances
Section 33. Constitution of National Advisory Council
Section 34. Constitution of State Advisory Council
Chapter VII — Miscellaneous
Section 35. Power to issue directions
Section 36. Previous sanction for prosecution
Section 37. Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 38. Power of appropriate Government to make rules
Section 39. Power of Central Government to remove difficulties
Schedule
The Schedule — Norms and Standards for a School
