Section 8: Duty of parents — Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012

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8. Duty of parents.—(1) The parent of a child shall, except in the case of a reasonable excuse, cause a child to attend a school in the neighbourhood until the said child has completed the prescribed education. (2) Reasonable excuse for the purpose of sub-section (1) shall include any of the following cases namely;— (a) where the School management Committee is satisfied that the child is incapable of attending school by reason of any infirmity or mental incapacity or it is not desirable that the child should be compelled to carry on his study further; or (b) where there is no School in the neighbourhood.

Effective date: 2012-01-01

Related sections

Section 7: Sharing of financial and other responsibilities Section 9: Appropriate Government to provide pre-school education Section 6: Duty of appropriate Government to establish school Section 10: Responsibility of private school for free education Section 5: Right of transfer to other school Section 11: No capitation fee and screening procedure

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