RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION (RAJASTHAN AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015
(Rajasthan Act No. 32 of 2017)
[Received the assent of the President on the 24.4.2017]
An Act to amend the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 in its application to the State of Rajasthan.
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 2015.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 8, Central Act No. 35 of 2009. - After the existing clause (ii) of the explanation to clause (a) of section 8 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Central Act No. 35 of 2009), hereinafter in this Act referred to as the principal Act, the following new clause shall he added, namely:-
"(iii) ensure achievement of class appropriate learning level by every child of the age of six to fourteen years;".
3. Amendment of section 16, Central Act No. 35 of 2009. - In section 16 of the principal Act, for the existing punctuation mark appearing at the end, the punctuation mark shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:-
"Provided that if a child has not achieved class appropriate learning level in a class, he may be held back in that class."
4. Amendment of section 21, Central Act No. 35 of 2009. - In sub-section (2) of section 21 of the principal Act,-
(i) in clause (c), the existing word "and", appearing at the end, shall be deleted; and
(ii) after the existing clause (c), so amended, and before the existing clause (d), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(ca) ensure that teachers perform their duties specified by or under section 24; and".
5. Amendment of section 24, Central Act No. 35 of 2009. - In clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 24 of the principal Act, for the existing expression "as required", the expression "required for achieving class appropriate learning level" shall be substituted.
6. Amendment of section 29, Central Act No. 35 of 2009. - In sub-section (1) of section 29 of the principal Act, after the existing expression "curriculum" and before the existing expression "and the evaluation procedure", the expression", class appropriate learning level" shall be inserted.
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