Elementary Education to be free and compulsory :- (1) No fee shall be

levied in respect of any child for attending an approved school, which is under the management of the State Government and subject to section 13, the private/local body schools falling under the granted scheme for free and compulsory education.

1. (2) Where in respect of any child an attendance order has been passed under section 18 and the only school which he can attend is an approved school under private management falling within sub-clause
   • (b) of clause (3) of section 2, the School Board or the Director of School Education may take such steps, as he may think fit, for the purpose of ensuring that the elementary education which the child is to receive is free.