Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 · Chapter IV: Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers
Section 27: Prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational purposes
No teacher shall be deployed for any non-educational purposes other than the decennial population census, disaster relief duties or duties relating to elections to the local authority or the State Legislatures or Parliament, as the case may be.
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