 bill no 330 of  2015 the right of children to free and compulsory education (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri rahul shewale, mp a billfurther to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the right of children to free and compulsory education(amendment) act, 2015short title and commencement(i) clause (f) shall be omitted; and(ii) after clause (o), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—'(oa) "secondary education" means the education from first class to tenth class;'3 in the principal act,—5(i) for the words "fourteen years" wherever they occur, the words "sixteen years" shall be substituted; andsubstitution of references to certain expressions by certain other expressions(ii) for the words "elementary education" wherever they occur, the words"secondary education" shall be substituted 4 in the schedule to the principal act,—amendment of the schedule10(i) in entry 1, in column (2), under the heading 'item', for the words "eighth class", the words "tenth class" shall be substituted; and(ii) in entry 3, in column (3), under the heading 'norms and standards' after"(iv) one thousand instructional hours per academic year for sixth class to eighth class" the figures and words "(v) one thousand and two hundred instructional hours per academic year for ninth and tenth class" shall be inserted15 statement of objects and reasonsafter our independence, right of children to free and compulsory education act,2009 is one of the most important legislation the act was enacted considering a heavy drop out of children from school due to various reasons one of the reasons that was attributed is the financial condition of the parents and another was that the parents were not willing to send their children to schools but instead engage them in gainful employment in order to meet both ends after enactment of the act there has been a considerable decrease in the drop out of children from the schools the act is achieving its purpose very well and is high time that the ambit of the act be extended upto secondary education since almost every school has necessary infrastructure to impart education upto tenth class, or even twelfth class, there is no reason why children are not given free education upto secondary educationthis bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;rahul shewalenovember 13, 2015 financial memorandumclause 3 of the  bill seeks to extend the free and compulsory education from elementary education to secondary education the bill, therefore, if enacted would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees ten thousand crore may be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be involved annexureextract from the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009(act no 35 of 2009)       2 (f) "elementary education" means the education from first class to eighth class;amendment of section 2        the schedule(see sections 19 and 25) norms and standards for a school| sl no                        | item                      | norms and standards               ||--------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|| 1                             | number of teachers:       |                                   || (                              | a                         | )                                || (                              | b                         | ) for sixth class to eighth class || 2                             |                          |                                  || 3                             | minimum number of working | (                                 || days/instructional hours in an |                           |                                   || academic year                 |                         |                                  |(iv) one thousand instructional hours per academic year for sixth class to eighth class lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the right of children to free and compulsory education act, 2009————(shri rahul shewale, mp)gmgipmrnd—3084ls(s3)—09122015