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Monday, January 13, 2014

can private unaided schools grab donation from students for admission ?

If this is the law, how can private unaided schools grab donation from students for admission ?

The Right of Children to Free and 
Compulsory Education Act 2009 

The Right of Children to Free and 
Compulsory Education Kerala Rules 2010 

 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are the other regulations for unaided schools? 
 They will have to adhere to the norms and standards prescribed 
in the Schedule of the Act within three years from the date of enactment of 
the Act. The teachers working in the unaided schools are required to have
the nationally prescribed teacher qualifications, within five years. They 
cannot take screening tests or interview of children or parents for giving 
admission, all admissions have to be based on random selection and  
violations will lead to financial punishments. They must announce at the 
beginning of the term, the fees they will charge, and cannot levy any other 
charges during the year including donations, capitation fees etc. 
 As per the Kerala Rules, the unaided schools established before the
commencement of the Act need to make a self-declaration in the prescribed
form for obtaining Certificate of Recognition under Section 18. After due
process of inspection and other formalities, they will be granted recognition.
Recognised schools that have been established before 01.04.2010 and have
been presenting their students for the respective class 10 Board
examinations continuously since 01.01.2000, shall be issued Certificate of
Recognition under section 18(1) of the Act based on the self declaration of
the educational agency without site inspection. All schools have to conform
to the minimum norms and standards within three years of the
commencement of the Act, failing which their recognition will be
withdrawn, and heavy financial penalty will be imposed for running such
de-recognized schools. They should pay salaries and allowances to teachers
as prescribed by the state government from time to time (Rules 19 and 20).

 How is the “school” defined? 
 The term ‘School’ referred in the Act is any recognized school
imparting elementary education. At Section 2(n), four categories of schools
are defined: (i) school established, owned or managed by the government or
local authority, (ii) an aided school receiving aid or grants from the
government or local authority to meet whole or part of its expenses, (iii)
schools belonging to specified category, like Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya
Vidyalaya, Sainik School and similar others, and (iv) private schools
receiving no aid from the government or local authority.
 All these schools have to conform to the minimum norms and 
standards as specified in the Schedule of the Act 

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