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- The RTE Act aims to provide primary education to all children aged 6 to 14 years.
- It enforces Education as a Fundamental Right (Article 21).
- The act mandates 25% reservation for disadvantaged sectionsof the society where disadvantaged groups include:
- SCs and STs
- Socially Backward Class
- Differently abled
- It also makes provisions for a non-admitted child to be admitted to an age-appropriate class.
- It also states that sharing of financial and other responsibilities between the Central and State Governments.
- It lays down the norms and standards related to:
- Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs)
- Buildings and infrastructure
- School-working days
- Teacher-working hours.
- It had a clause for “No Detention Policy”which has been removed under The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019.
- It also provides for prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational work, other than decennial census, elections to local authority, state legislatures and parliament, and disaster relief.
- It provides for the appointment of teachers with the requisite entry and academic qualifications.
- It prohibits
- Physical punishment and mental harassment
- Screening procedures for admission of children
- Capitation fee
- Private tuition by teachers
- Running of schools without recognition
- It focuses on making the child free of fear, trauma and anxiety through a system of child friendly and child centred learning.