GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ABSTRACT School Education - The Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 - Amendment – Notification Orders –Issued. SCHOOL EDUCATION (PROG.II) DEPARTMENT G.O.MS.No. 30 Dated: 18-05-2016 Read the following :- 1. G.O.Ms.No.20, School Education (PE-Progs.I) Dept, dated 03.03.2011.
2. G.O. Ms. No. 130, School Education (PE-Prog.I) Dept dated 09.09.2011.
3. From the State Project Director, SSA, Hyderabad, Lr. Rc.No.286/APSSA/A9/2015, dated :18.04.2016 and 19.04.2016.
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ORDER :- In the G.O. first read above, Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 have been issued. Subsequently, certain amendments made to the said Rules vide G.O. second read above.
2. In the letter third read above, the State Project Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad has informed that the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India have issued instructions for providing transport allowance during the academic year 2016-17 and accordingly submitted proposals for providing transport allowance to the children of 6 to 14 years age group, where there are no availability of Primary and Upper Primary Schools ( I to VIII classes) as specified under Rule 5 (1) (a) and (b) in the Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 as there is no possibility for commencing new schools in the neighboring areas.
3. Government, after careful examination of the proposal of the State Project Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, have decided to amend the Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010, issued in G.O.Ms.No.20 School Education (PE-Progs.I) Department dated :03.03.2011, suitably.
4. The State Project Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad shall undertake the survey every year and finalize the number of students who are eligible to be provided with transport allowance.
5. The Commissioner of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and the State Project Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad shall take further necessary action accordingly. 6. Accordingly, the following notification will be published in an Extra Ordinary Issue of the Andhra Pradesh Gazette dated :19.05.2016.
N O T I F I C A T I O N
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 38 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Act No.35 of 2009), the Government of Andhra Pradesh hereby make the following amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 issued in G.O. Ms. No. 20, School Education (PE.Progs.I) Department dated.03.03.2011 and as amended subsequently;
AMENDMENTS
In the said Rules, after clause (b) of sub rule (1) of Rule 5, the following shall be added, namely, - (c) Transport allowance shall be provided to the children within the age group of 6 to 14 years where there is no availability of Primary School (I to V classes) within a radius of 1(one) kilometer. (d) Transport allowance shall be provided to the children where there is no availability of Upper Primary School (VI to VIII classes) within a radius of 3 (three) kilometers. (BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
R.P. SISODIA
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
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