 bill no 102 of  2017 the right of children to free and compulsory education (amendment) bill, 2017 by shri maheish girri, mp a bill further to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighthyear 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, 20175(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government  may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint35 of 20092 for section 27 of the right of children to free and compulsory education act,2009, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new section for section 27"27 no teacher shall be deployed for any non-educational purposes other than the disaster relief duties"prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational purposes statement of objects and reasonssection 27 of the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009 states that "no teacher shall be deployed for any non-educational purposes other than the decennial population census, disaster relief duties or duties relating to elections to the local authority or the state legislatures or parliament, as the case may be" this results in teachers having extra burden of work resulting in poor teaching practices by them in schools our country already suffers from large number of vacant teacher posts and these additional responsibilities add to work load of school teachers in government run schoolsto enhance the quality of education, it is imperative to focus on every little aspect connected therein by involving teachers in other activities apart from educational purpose such as elections and collecting census data results into more mental stress and hence lead to inefficient performance by them in schools only focussing on teacher training programs alone would not suffice if they will be given additional responsibilities like collecting door to door census datathe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009 with a view to relieve teachers from getting deployed for any noneducational purpose except disaster relief dutieshence this bill annexure extract from the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009     27 no teacher shall be deployed for any non-educational purposes other than the decennial population census, disaster relief duties or duties relating to elections to the local authority or state legislatures or parliaments, as the case may be       lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009————(shri maheish girri, mp)gmgipmrnd—4116ls(s3)—10072017