 bill no xvi of 2016 the right of children to free  and  compulsory education (amendment) bill, 2016 a billfurther to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the right of children to free and compulsory education(amendment) act, 20165(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint2 in the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009, for section 16, the following shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new section for section 16 of act 35 of 2009''16 (1)  no child admitted in a school shall be expelled from school till the completion of elementary education10prohibition of expulsion and eligibility for promotion(2) a child undergoing elementary education in a school shall be promoted to the next class only on fulfilling the criteria pertaining to attendance in the class and the ability to read, write and understand in such manner as may be prescribed" statement of objects and reasonsthe right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009 aims to facilitate the children of  the country in acquiring elementary education for achieving this objective, section 16 of the act provides for two things, namely, the first that no child undergoing elementary education shall be expelled from the school and secondly that no such child shall be held back in any classthe later condition that no child shall be held back in any class while undergoing elementary education is, however, not showing healthy results it is seen that children  are routinely being promoted from one class to the higher one without any linkage to the learning they have attained there are instances where the children's attendance have been very less and consequently, they were not able to learn meaningfully this defeats the purposes of the actthe bill seeks to lay down some bench mark the fulfilment of which should be made mandatory before a child is elevated to the next higher class while acquiring elementary educationhence this billbhupender yadav annexure extracts from the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009 (35 of 2009)    16 no child admitted in a school shall be held back in any class or expelled from school till the completion of elementary educationprohibition of holding back and expulsion     rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009————(shri bhupender yadav, mp)gmgipmrnd—5046rs(s3)—11-03-2016