Right To Education
                     Right to Education
Education is the fundamental right of 
everyone.
All the schools in Dehradun reserves 25% 
of the seats for children who come from 
economically weaker section.
What is Right To Education?
Right to education is a fundamental right 
for all children of India between 6-14 years 
of age.The Act also provides that no child 
shall be held back, expelled, or required to 
pass a board examination until the 
completion of elementary education. There 
is also a provision for special training of 
school dropouts to bring them up to par 
with students of the same age.
Compulsory and Free education for all
Free education also includes the 
provisions of textbooks, uniforms, 
stationery items and special educational 
material for children with disabilities in 
order to reduce the burden of school 
expenses.
The Benchmark Mandate
The Right to Education Act lays down 
norms and standards relating to Pupil-
Teacher-Ratios, classrooms, separate 
toilets for girls and boys, drinking water 
facility, number of school-working days, 
working hours of teachers, etc.
Special provisions for special cases
The Right to Education Act mandates that 
an out of school child should be admitted to 
an age appropriate class and provided with 
special training to enable the child to come 
up to age appropriate learning level.
Quantity and Quality of teachers
The Right to Education Act provides 
for rational deployment of teachers 
by ensuring that the specified Pupil-
Teacher-Ratio is maintained in every 
school with no urban-rural imbalance 
whatsoever.
Zero tolerance against discrimination and harassment
All kinds of physical punishment and 
mental harassment, discrimination based 
on gender, caste, class and religion, 
screening procedures for admission of 
children capitation fee, private tuition 
centres, and functioning of unrecognised 
schools are prohibited in this act
Ensuring all round development of childern
The Right to Education Act ensures all-round 
development of every child. Build a child’s 
knowledge, human potential and talent.
Right to Education Act is justicable
The Right to Education Act is justiciable 
and is backed by a Grievance Redressal 
(GR) mechanism that allows people to 
take action against non-compliance of 
provisions of the Right to Education Act 
2009
Creating inclusive spaces for all
This provision of the Act is aimed at 
boosting social inclusion to provide 
for a more just and equal nation.