LawgistThe Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
25Pupil-Teacher Ratio
(1) 1[Within three years] from the date of commencement of this Act, the appropriate Government and the local authority shall ensure that the Pupil-Teacher Ratio, as specified in the Schedule, is maintained in each school.
(2) For the purpose of maintaining the Pupil-Teacher Ratio under sub-section (1), no teacher posted in a school shall be made to serve in any other school or office or deployed for any non-educational purpose, other than those specified in section 27.
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1 Subs. by Act 30 of 2012, s. 7, for "Within six months" (w.e.f. 1-8-2012).
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
