The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 is ambitious. It aims to universalise education for all children between the ages of 6 and 14 in India. As per Uni$ed District Information System for Education (U-DISE +) estimates, this number is 23,68,17,000 in 2021. To achieve the objective of universal primary education, it is essential to work with schools in the private sector to augment government capacity. Section 12 of the RTE elaborates upon the extent of private schools’ responsibility toward children. Speci$cally, it states that private unaided schools shall mandatorily admit children from Economically Weaker Section and Disadvantaged Groups (EWS/DG) in class I or earlier (if the school starts from Kindergarten/Nursery). The strength of EWS/DG children must be at least one-fourth of the total strength of the student body in that class, and the concerned private unaided school shall provide these children with free and compulsory primary education. Section 12(2) entitles schools to get a reimbursement from the government for the children admitted under this section. This is either equal to the per-child expenditure incurred by the state government on education or the actual amount the private unaided school charges, whichever is less.
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