Rules & Regulations

                                                                                                 Rules

1.

Short title and commencement

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(1) These rules may be called the West Bengal Right o

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Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2012.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2.

Definiti0ns

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(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,

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(a)

“Act” means the Right of

Children to Free and Compulsory Educat

ion Act, 2009 (35 of

2009);

(b)

“appointed date” means the date of publication of these rul

es in the Official Gazette;

(c)

“age”, in respect of appropriate class, means

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(i)

for Class I, the age of 6 years and above but less than 7 years of age;

(ii)

for Class II, the age of 7 years and above but less than 8 years of age;

(iii)

for Class III, the age of 8 years and above but less than 9 years of age;

(iv)

for Class IV, the age of 9 years a

nd above but less than 10 years of age