Sir, As you are aware of the RTE Act 2009, an Act also known as the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 for all children of the age of six to fourteen years which was enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India also Subjected to the provisions of articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution, the provisions of this Act shall apply to conferment of rights on children to free and compulsory education where no school or person shall, while admitting a child, collect any capitation fee and subject the child or his or her parents or guardians to any screening procedure in Govt. Elementary Schools.
Any school or person, if in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1),--
(a) receives capitation fee, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to ten times the capitation fee charged.
(b) subjects a child to screening procedure, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty five thousand rupees for the first contravention and fifty thousand rupees for each subsequent contraventions.
Sir, subjected to this Act, I would like to seek clarification on whether the department has issued any orders/notifications to Govt. schools for charging of capitation fees since I've come across schools where they are charging the Capitation fees amounting of Rs. 900/ Rs. 1100, Rs. 1300/Rs.1500, Rs.1400/Rs.1600, Rs.1400/Rs.1700 for old/new students at Grade V, VI,VII & VIII.
I. Akum Aier, Kohima
