ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Article 21-A and the RTE Act came into effect on 1 April 2010. The title of the RTE Act incorporates the words ‘free and compulsory’.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-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: -Main Features of Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the 6 to 14 age group. No child shall be held back, expelled or required to pass a board examination until the completion of elementary education.