Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 · Chapter III: Duties of Appropriate Government, Local Authority and Parents
Section 10: Duty of parents and guardian
It shall be the duty of every parent or guardian to admit or cause to be admitted his or her child or ward, as the case may be, to an elementary education in the neighbourhood school.
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