RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT 2009 A Presentation by Amrita Sinha MA (Edu) 2016-17 2. As per the RTE Act, 2009, every child has the right to full-time elementary education of satisfactory and equitable quality in a formal school that satisfi es certain essential norms and standards. implementation of the Right to Education Act, which aims to provide free and compulsory elementary education for children between six and 14 years of age. In India, laws are framed but they are not implemented with the true spirit. The right to a basic education in section 29(1)(a) may be limited only in terms of a law of general application which is “reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom”. 29. Of the nearly 200 million children in the age group between 6 and The bill was approved by the cabinet on This article tries to analyse the Right to Education (RTE) 2009 Act after three years since its passage. The Act is completely titled “the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act”.It was passed by the Parliament in August 2009. When the Act came into force in 2010, India became one among 135 countries where education is a fundamental right of every child. (2) It shall extend to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The draft bill of the present act was composed in the year 2005. Education Act, 2009, has been enacted by the Parliament. Education. The Act received the assent of the President on August 26, 2009. ties are also covered under the Act. As per article 21A in the Indian Constitution education is a fundamental right. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. Right to Education Act. It is an attempt to deliver quality and equitable education to every child, irrespective of the income levels, caste, creed and sex. 1. There is no denial that When the right to a ‘basic education ’ was first constitutionalized in 1994, it was not a term that meant anything to 99.9% of … The need to address inadequacies in retention, residual access, particularly of un-reached chil- This right is therefore distinct from the right to “further education” provided for in section 29(1)(b). (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Right to education act 2009 1. —(1) Everyone has the right- (a) to a basic education, including adult basic education; The Scope of everyone’s right to a ‘basic education ’ 8. the ‘Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009’.