 bill no  lv  of  2006 the compulsory education bill, 2006 a billto provide for compulsory education system in the countrybe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the compulsory education  act, 2006(2) it extends to the whole of  indiashort title,extent  andcommence-ment5(3) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may by notification in the official gazette appointdefinitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in other cases the central government;10(b) "compulsory education system" means an educational system, throughwhich education will be made available to all, whether poor or rich, throughout india, from primary to senior secondary level3 (1) the appropriate government shall implement the compulsory education system throughout the country in such manner as may be prescribedappropriate government to implement compulsory education system5(2) without prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid provisions the appropriate government shall provide to each and every student in country the following facilities from primary to senior secondary level in schools:(a) total expenditure to be incurred on admission and tuition fee; (b) free books, note books and items of stationery; (c) free hostel facility, wherever necessary; and (d) scholarships in such cases, as may be prescribed10appropriate government to establish schools4 the appropriate government shall establish and maintain or shall cause to be established or maintained such number of primary, middle or senior secondary schools under its jurisdiction, as may be necessary for implementation of the provisions of this act:15"provided that the appropriate government shall establish at least one senior secon-dary school  in each area within its jurisdiction having a population of one thousand"5 it shall be the duty of every parent to enroll their children in the school for obtaining education and they shall not prevent them in any way from attending school until the completion of their education under compulsory education system6 no person shall engage any child in a job, which causes hindrance in his or her attending school to obtain education20duty of the parents to enroll their children in schoolchildren not to be engaged in jobspenalty for obstruction7 if any person including parents of children prevents any boy or girl child from going to school or causes hindrance or obstruction in any way, he shall be punishable with imprisonment, which may extend to six months258 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force regulating any of the subject matter dealt with in this actoverriding effect of the actpower tomake rules9 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsarticle 21a of the constitution provides that it is the responsibility of  state government to provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years though the government have taken a number of steps in his direction, yet these are not sufficient we have not been able to provide education to all children even after 58 years of independencecompetence in reading and writing is a significant factor of  human prospective capability literacy is the first step in getting access to the means of education and having knowledge and information hence, compulsory education should be provided upto senior secondary level and scholarships may be provided to the children who are good at studiesit is also necessary to provide free food, dress, books and scholarships to the poor students so that the parents are inspired to send their wards to school it is proposed in the bill that the parents must send their  children to school otherwise they shall be punished this measure will achieve the desired results and the illiteracy will be eradicated from the country soonhence, this billjai  parkash  aggarwal financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill has the provision of compulsory education from primary level to higher secondary level clause 4 provides that appropriate govt shall establish and maintain schools for providing free education it is not confirmed at this stage that how many schools will be required to implement the provisions of the bill some expenditure will be incurred on establishment of schools, free food and uniform, etc apart from giving scholarships to the poor students the expenditure to be incurred in respect of the schools in union territories will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india the expenditure to be incurred in respect of the schools in the states will involve expenditure from the consolidated funds of concerned states however, some aid will be provided by the central government in this regardit is estimated that a sum of rupees fifteen crore may involve as recurring expenditurea sum of rupees twenty five crore is also likely to be involved as non-recurring expenditure memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill gives power to the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character rajya   sabha————— a billto provide for compulsory education system in the country————(shri  jai parkash aggarwal, mp)mgipmrnd—1786rs(s-1)—28072006