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Free education for children with benchmark disabilities.
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016Civil2016102 sections17 chapters
Chapter VI SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITIES
Statutory text
- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (35 of 2009), every child with benchmark disability between the age of six to eighteen years shall have the right to free education in a neighbourhood school, or in a special school, of his choice.
- (2) The appropriate Government and local authorities shall ensure that every child with benchmark disability has access to free education in an appropriate environment till he attains the age of eighteen years.
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