As per
section 2 of Right
of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, local authority means a Municipal Corporation or Municipal Council
or Zila Parishad or Nagar Panchyat or Panchyat, by whatever name called. It includes
such other authority or body having administrative control over the school or
empowered or under any law for the being in force to function as a local
authority in any city, town or village.
Right of Children to Free andCompulsory Education Act, 2009 cast duties upon every local authority to provide
free and compulsory elementary education to every child and to:
(i) ensure
availability of a neighborhood school as specified in section 6;
(ii)
ensure that the child belonging to weaker section and the child belonging to
disadvantaged group are not discriminated against and prevented from pursuing
and completing elementary education on any grounds;
(iii)
maintain records of children up to the age of fourteen years residing within
its jurisdiction, in such manner as may be prescribed;
(iv) ensure
and monitor admission, attendance and completion of elementary education by
every child residing within its jurisdiction;
(v)
provide infrastructure including school building, teaching staff and learning
material;
(vi)
provide special training facility specified in section 4;
(vii) ensure
good quality elementary education conforming to the standards and norms
specified in the Schedule;
(viii) ensure
timely prescribing of curriculum and courses of study for elementary education;
(ix)
provide training facility for teachers;
(x) ensure
admission of children of migrant families;
(xi)
monitor functioning of schools within its jurisdiction; and
(xii) decide
the academic calendar.