why schools cannot refuse admission to a child with any issues? Right To Education act RTE

 

The RTE Act  mandates the appropriate governments and local authorities to provide for children’s access to elementary schools within the defined area or limits of neighbourhood.

“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.” — Jane D. Hull

Section 12 explains the responsibility of schools for providing free and compulsory education to children, namely

All Government schools shall provide free and compulsory education to all children 

Government aided institutions shall provide free and compulsory education to such percentage of students in elementary classes which equals the percentage of recurring aid received by it from the Government to the annual recurring expenditure incurred by the school, subject to a minimum of 25%

Private unaided institutions and special category schools shall provide free and compulsory education to at least 25% children belonging to disadvantaged groups and weaker sections admitted to class I or pre-primary classes. Such schools would be entitled to reimbursement at the per-child cost incurred by the Government. It has also since been clarified that residential private unaided schools, which do not start at class I, would not be required to admit 25% children from disadvantaged groups and weaker sections in their schools. 

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008, is anchored in the belief that the values of equality, social justice and democracy and the creation of a just and humane society can be achieved only through provision of inclusive elementary education to all. Provision of free and compulsory education of satisfactory quality to children from disadvantaged and weaker sections is, therefore, not merely the responsibility of schools run or supported by the appropriate Governments, but also of schools which are not dependent on Government funds.