 bill no 179 of 2014 the free and compulsory education for children of parents living below poverty line bill, 2014 by shrimati supriya sule, mp a billto provide for free and compulsory education from pre-primary to senior secondary level and career guidance to the children of parents living below poverty line be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the free and compulsory education for children ofparents living below poverty line act, 2014short title,extent andc o m m e n c e - ment(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:—definitions(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "career counsellor" means a person who possesses essential qualificationsand professional experience to give advice and information to students about their career;5(c) "career guidance" includes providing information to students on the variouscourses available on completion of school education, the basic requirements to join a course and the manner of applying for admission in such courses;(d) "child" means a male or a female who has not attained the age of eighteenyears;(e) "parent" includes the adoptive or step parent or guardian of a child;10(f) "parents living below poverty line" means such parents whose income fromall sources does not exceed rupees one lakh per annum; and(g) "school education" means education from pre-primary level to seniorsecondary or equivalent level and includes vocational courses153 the appropriate government shall provide free and compulsory school education to every child whose parents are living below poverty linefree and compulsory school educationexplanation— for the purpose of this section, "free education" includes:—(a) any fee including admission and tuition fee;(b) provision of books, note books and stationery materials free of cost; and(c) mid-day meal and free hostel facility, wherever necessary20establishment of schools4 (1) the appropriate government shall establish adequate number of schools forimparting school education(2) for the purpose of sub-section (1), the appropriate government may, if it deemsnecessary, upgrade any of the existing primary, middle or secondary school to senior secondary level255 the appropriate government shall apoint at least one career counsellor in everyschool for career guidance to every studentprovision for career guidance6 (1) it shall be the duty of every parent living below poverty line to admit his childrenin a school(2) no parent shall withdraw his child from school till the child completes the educationduty of parents to admit their children in school307  no person shall employ a child in any job which prevents him from receiving schooleducationprohibition on employment of child punishment8  any person, including parents, who for any reason prevents, restrains or obstructsa child from attending school or receiving school education, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend upto one year and shall also be liable to fine359 the central government shall provide adequate funds to the state governments for effective implementation of the provisions of this actcentral government to provide adequate funds to the state governments power to make rules10  (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this act40(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parlament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which5may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both house agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonseducation plays an important role in shaping an individual's career education removes blanket of ignorance, empowers people and familiarizes them of their fundamental rights the level of education helps people to earn recognition and respect in the society article 21a of the constitution guarantees free and compulsory education to all the children between the age of six to fourteen years however, there is no obligation on the part of the government to ensure pre-primary and higher education although, government has taken an important step by enacting the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009, yet, a lot more needs to be done to enable the children to secure gainful employment after completing their educationmodern education system is so expensive that all citizens cannot afford it poor parents with meager income are unable to send their children to school beyond eighth standard and the child is left with no option but to dropout after eighth class it reflects poorly on our educational systemeducation alone cannot be fruitful unless supplemented by career guidance in schoolsit will prove to be a boon to the students in pursuing further studies and choosing their careerthe present bill, therefore, seeks to put an obligation on the appropriate government to ensure free and compulsory education and career guidance to the children of parents living below poverty line from pre-primary upto senior secondary or equivalent levelhence this billnew delhi;supriya  sulenovember 11, 2014 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for free and compulsory education to every child whose parents are living below poverty line clause 4 provides for establishment of adequate number of schools for imparting school education it further provides for upgradation of primary or middle schools upto senior secondary and also appointment of career counsellor in every school clause 9 provides for providing of adequate funds to the state governments for effective implementation of the provisions of the act the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees fifteen hundred crore would be involved as recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for free and compulsory education from pre-primary to senior secondary level and career guidance to the children of parents living below poverty line————(shrimati supriya sule, mp)gmgipmrnd—3117ls(s3)—04122014