2015 · Q19
Which of the following are provided in India by the Right to Education Act?
- 1Right of children to free and compulsory education till completion of elementary education in a neighbourhood school.
- 2Prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational works, other than decennial census, elections to local authority like State Legislatures, Parliament and disaster relief.
- 3Right of minorities to establish and administer education institution.
- 4No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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- A1, 2 and 4
- B1 and 3
- C2 and 4
- D1 and 2
Explanation
The Right to Education Act, 2009 guarantees free and compulsory elementary education in a neighbourhood school (1) and prohibits deploying teachers on non-educational duties except the census, elections and disaster relief (2). The right of minorities to establish institutions flows from Article 30 and the bar on discriminatory admissions from Article 29(2), not from the RTE Act. Hence the Act provides 1 and 2 only.