It includes the Understanding of RTE - Right to Education. It presents the major details of RTE Act 2009.

1. BEd English Sem-I
Unit-3
Understanding of
Right to Education (RTE)
Act, 2009
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya
MA MEd PhD NET(Edu.&Eng.) GSET(Edu.&Eng.)
Assistant Professor
H M Patel Institute of English
Training and Research, Vallabh
Vidyanagar
Mo.9638716634
E-Mail: rajnikantdodiya2@gmail.com
“Children are the one third of our population and the whole part of our future.”

2. “Education…is the key to unlocking other human
rights.”
“Every child has a right to education as much as to
life.”
“Education is not a luxury, it is a basic human
right.”
“Education is a fundamental human right and
essential for exercise of all other human rights.”
“Education is not a privilege, it is a right.”
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

3. This presentation is a collection and compilation of resource
materials of RTE Act, 2009 for BEd (English) Semester-1
Trainees for their introductory understanding of the concept of
RTE. Here, only necessary outline of RTE for BEd trainees is
presented and not the whole document is explained. This
author doesn't claim ownership to any of these materials
except the ones the writer has created.
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

4. Right to Education Act, 2009
Full Form of RTE is –
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education
Act; also known as Right to Education
• This act was enacted by the Parliament of India on 4
August, 2009
• It tells that every child between the ages of 6 to 14 years
has the right to free and compulsory education (Std.1 to 8)
• It is stated as per the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act
via Article 21A
• By doing this, 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
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

5. • Act contains total 7 (Seven) Chapters with 38 Items
• These 38 Items are divided in these seven different
chapters
• Chapter-1 Preliminary
• Chapter-2 Right to Free and Compulsory Education
• Chapter-3 Duties of Appropriate Government, Local
Authority and Parents
• Chapter-4 Responsibility of Schools and Teachers
• Chapter-5 Curriculum and Completion of Elementary
Education
• Chapter-6 Protection of Right of Children
• Chapter-7 Miscellaneous
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

6. Major Features of RTE
• Free education facilities provided by the government to all
children in government schools
• Schools will be managed by School Management
Committee (SMC)
• Private schools have give admission to at least 25% of the
children in their schools without any fee
• The National Commission for Elementary Education shall
be constituted to monitor all aspects of elementary
education including quality
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

7. • Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the 6
to 14 age group.
• A school within 1 km walking distance for children in classes 1
to 5; and within 3 kms for those in classes 6 to 8
• For remote areas where distance is longer than the prescribed
limit, transportation facility shall be provided
• No child shall be held back, expelled or required to pass a
board examination until the completion of elementary
education.
• Twenty-five per cent reservation for economically
disadvantaged communities in admission to Class I in all
private schools is to be done.
• No child is liable to pay any kind of fee or charges or expenses
which may prevent him or her from pursuing and completing
the elementary education.
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

8. • If a child above six years of age has not been admitted in
any school or admitted and could not complete his or her
elementary education, then, he or she shall be admitted
in a class appropriate to his or her age.
• Further, if a child is directly admitted in a class appropriate
to his or her age, he or she shall have a right to receive
special training within a prescribed time limit.
• He or she shall be entitled to free education till
completion of elementary education even after fourteen
years.
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

9. • If any capitation fee is received by any school, there is fine
ten times the fee charged
• If any screening procedure is done by any school, there is
fine of twenty-five thousand rupees for the first time and
fifty thousand rupees for each next time
• Birth Certificate is mandatory for admission but if it is not
available with parents, admission can be given without it
• No child admitted in a school shall be held back in any
class or expelled from school till the completion of
elementary education
• No physical punishment or mental harassment (Item
no.17) is allowed on the part of the teacher
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

10. • SMC – School Management Committee shall be made that
include parents or guardians and teachers
• Total members in SMC shall be 12 (twelve) – including 9
members from parents or guardian
• From the total number of members 50% should be female
members
• Duty of SMC is to control school activities, recommend
school development plan and control the use of grant
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

11. References
• https://rotaryteach.org/Summary%20of%20RTE%20Act.p
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Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR