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The Himachal Pradesh Compulsory Primary Education Act, 1997
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The Himachal Pradesh Compulsory Primary Education Act, 1997 mandates basic education for all children aged six to eleven in Himachal Pradesh. The law applies to parents, local authorities, and employers, requiring the state to provide schooling facilities and establishing local committees to oversee student enrollment. It matters because it enforces foundational literacy in reading, writing, and arithmetic as a strict legal obligation for families. By penalizing parents who fail to send their kids to school and punishing employers who hire young children during classroom hours, this legislation actively safeguards each child’s fundamental right to education and prevents early youth exploitation.
- 1. Short title and extent
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Compulsory primary education
- 4. Appointment of a school committee
- 5. Duty of parents to cause children to attend school
- 6. Issue of attendance order by the school committee
- 7. Penalty for failure to obey attendance order
- 8. Penalty for employing child liable to attend primary school
- 9. Cognizance of offences
- 10. Provision of primary education by the State Government
- 11. Power of State Government to make rules
- 12. Repeal and savings
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