ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Article 21-A and the RTE Act came into effect on 1 April 2010.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Right to Education Act 2009 prohibits all kinds of physical punishment and mental harassment, discrimination based on gender, caste, class and religion, screening procedures for admission of children capitation fee, private tuition centres, and functioning of unrecognised schools.

Detailed explanation-3: -1.1 Introduction The Act provides that all children in the age group of six to fourteen years have the right to free and compulsory education in a neighbourhood school till the completion of his or her elementary education. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)1 is the main vehicle for implementing the provisions of the Act.

Detailed explanation-4: -Passage. The bill was approved by the cabinet on 2 July 2009. Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 20 July 2009 and the Lok Sabha on 4 August 2009. It received Presidential assent and was notified as law on 26 August 2009 as The Children’s Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Right to Education Act 2009, also known as the RTE Act 2009, was enacted by the Parliament of India on 4 August 2009. It describes modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children aged between 6-14 years in India under Article 21 (A) of the Constitution of India.