LawgistThe Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
14Proof of age for admission
(1) For the purposes of admission to elementary education, the age of a child shall be determined on the basis of the birth certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 (6 of 1886) or on the basis of such other document, as may be prescribed.
(2) No child shall be denied admission in a school for lack of age proof.
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
- 12 Extent of school’s responsibility for free and compulsory education
- 13 No capitation fee and screening procedure for admission
- 14 Proof of age for admission
- 15 No denial of admission
- 16 Examination and holding back in certain cases
- 17 Prohibition of physical punishment and mental harassment to child
- 18 No school to be established without obtaining certificate of recognition
- 19 Norms and standards for school
- 20 Power to amend Schedule
- 21 School Management Committee
- 22 School Development Plan
- 23 Qualifications for appointment and terms and conditions of service of teachers
- 24 Duties of teachers and redressal of grievances
- 25 Pupil-Teacher Ratio
- 26 Filling up vacancies of teachers
- 27 Prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational purposes
- 28 Prohibition of private tuition by teacher
