Section 6: Duty of appropriate Government to establish school — Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012

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6. Duty of appropriate Government to establish school.—(1) The appropriate Government shall, for carrying out the provisions of this Act, establish, within such limits of neighbourhood as may be prescribed, a school, within a period of three years from the commencement of this Act. (2) The appropriate Government shall encourage enterprises, institutions and other segments of society, by offering incentives, to establish schools to facilitate free and compulsory education. (3) The appropriate Government shall establish a system of grants-in-aid to support the school attendance of poor students.

Effective date: 2012-01-01

Related sections

Section 5: Right of transfer to other school Section 7: Sharing of financial and other responsibilities Section 4: Special provisions for education Section 8: Duty of parents Section 3: Right of child to free education Section 9: Appropriate Government to provide pre-school education

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