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The Chhattisgarh Primary Education Act, 1961

The Chhattisgarh Primary Education Act, 1961

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This Act regulates the establishment, expansion, and enforcement of free and compulsory primary education. It applies to children aged six to fourteen, their parents, employers, and local authorities across Chhattisgarh, excluding designated Scheduled Areas. The law mandates that local government bodies design and implement school attendance schemes, prohibits employing children in ways that interfere with their schooling, and penalizes parents who fail to send their children to school without a valid excuse. This legislation matters because it secures the fundamental right to basic education, discourages child labor, and establishes structured state and local accountability to systematically eliminate illiteracy among children.

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Part II Responsibility of State Government for imparting free and compulsory Primary Education in certain regions

  1. 3Application of the Part.
  2. 4Primary education to be compulsory in certain areas.
  3. 5Appointment of Attendance Authorities and their powers and duties.
  4. 6Attendance authority to notify parent of his obligation towards his child.

Part III Of responsibility of local authorities for imparting free and compulsory Primary Education

  1. 7Provisions contained in this Part not to apply in certain cases.
  2. 8Scheme for primary education.
  3. 9Primary education to the compulsory in area covered by scheme.
  4. 10Duty of local authority to prepare lists of children.
  5. 11Attendance authorities.
  6. 12Attendance Authority to notify parent of his obligation towards his child.
  7. 13Failure of local authority to prepare or implement scheme.
  8. 14Grants-in-aid.

Part IV Of attending approved school and other ancillary matters

  1. 15Responsibility of parent to cause his child to attend school.
  2. 16Reasonable excuse for non-attendance.
  3. 17Special schools for physically or mentally deficient children.
  4. 18Special provision for part-time education in certain cases.
  5. 19Attendance orders.
  6. 20Children not to be employed so as to prevent them from attending school.
  7. 21Leave of absence.

Part V Offence and Penalties

  1. 22Penalty for contravention of Section 19.
  2. 23Penalty for contravention of Section 20.
  3. 24Courts who will try offences under the Act.
  4. 25Cognizance of offences.

Part VI Miscellaneous

  1. 26Primary education to be free.
  2. 27Age of child how to be computed.
  3. 28Certain persons to be public servant.
  4. 29Protection of action taken in good faith.
  5. 30Power of exemption.
  6. 31Delegation of powers.
  7. 32Power to make rules.
  8. 33Repeal and Saving.

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