Question : Reimbursement under Right To Education

(a) whether a missive has been issued to all States, on the documents required to claim the
proposed amount of reimbursement under Section 12 (1) (c) of the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009 for the years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the documents required for each State in this regard;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor;
(d) whether the arrears from previous years can also be claimed if the relevant documents are
provided;
(e) if so, the periods in a year when the proposed reimbursement are transferred to the State
Governments; and
(f) the rationale behind the cap of 20% of the States SSA Budget for reimbursement under
Section 12 (1) (c) of the Right to Education Act, 2009?

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ''NISHANK'')
(a) to (c): Section 12(1)(c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE)
Act, 2009 provides for admission of children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantageous
groups in the neighbourhood schools in Class I to the extent of at least 25 percent of the strength
of that class. Section 12(2) further mandates that such schools shall be reimbursed expenditure
incurred by them according to per-child cost norms notified by the concerned State/UT
Government. For reimbursement, private unaided schools complying with Section 12(1)(c)
submit their claim for reimbursement to respective State /UT Government through the district
office and the school is reimbursed expenditure so incurred by it to the extent of per-childexpenditure
incurred by the State, or the actual amount charged; whichever is less, in such
manner as may be prescribed. Thereafter, the State/UT Government brings the proposal to the
Central Government for reimbursement against the expenditure so incurred by them in their
Annual Work Plan proposal. The fund approved for reimbursement to the States/UTs is a part of
the overall allocation under the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha for a given year
which is shared between Centre and States/UTs as per the applicable sharing pattern.
(d) to (e): The arrears of previous years (starting from 2014-15) can be claimed by the States and
UTs from central government provided the amount has been reimbursed to private schools and
the proposal is in confirmation of the approved norms.
(f): The reason for this capping of twenty percent is due to difference in per child cost notified
by the different States & UTs. In case, the actual expenditure on children admitted under section
12(1)(c) of the RTE Act is over and above the cap of 20%, the additional expenditure is to be
borne by the concerned State/ UT.
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