Meaning of reasonable excuse

A parent shall be deemed to have a reasonable excuse for failure to cause a child to attend an approved school in any of the following cases:—

1. (a) where the child is prevented from attending school by sickness, infirmity or other unavoidable cause;
2. (b) where the child is receiving, otherwise than in an approved school, instruction which in the opinion of the school board or Zilla Parishad, as the case may be, is efficient or has received from the school board or Zilla Parishad, as the case may be, a certificate of having already completed his primary education up to the standard included in the scheme;
3. (c) where there is no approved school within the distance fixed by the Zilla Parishad or school board under section 13 or 18, as the case may be;
4. (d) where after due application, entrance to an approved school has been refused to the child and there is no other approved school to which he can be admitted within the distance fixed under section 13 or 18, as the case may be, until such time as the parent is notified by the Administrative Officer or Parishad Education Officer that the child can be admitted;
5. (e) where there is no approved school in the locality in which instruction is given in the language spoken by the child;
6. (f) where there is no approved school in the locality to which the parent can send the child without exposing him to religious instruction to which the parent objects.