Question

Under the Right to Education, it has been agreed to share the economic burden between the center and the state in the ratio of ______.
1. 60 ∶ 40
2. 30 ∶ 70
3. 50 ∶ 50
4. 55 ∶ 45

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : 55 ∶ 45

The correct answer is 55:45.

• The Centre and the States have agreed to share the financial burden in the ratio of 55:45, while the Finance Commission has given Rs. 25,000 crore to the States for implementing the Act.
• The Centre had approved an outlay of Rs.15,000 crore for 2010-2011.
• The school management committee or the local authority will identify the drop-outs or out-of-school children aged above six and admit them to classes appropriate to their age after giving special training.
• As per the Act, the schools need to have minimum facilities such as adequate teachers, playgrounds, and infrastructure.

• The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 passed by the Indian Parliament mandates free and compulsory education of all children of 6-14 years of age until they complete elementary education in a neighborhood school.
• There is also a reference for children with disabilities in the Act, who are to be given elementary education in the age range of 6-18 years. 
• Article 21-A declares that "The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age 6 to 14 years in such a manner as the state may determine."
  This provision was added by the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002.