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Section 39 of The Basic Education Act 2013: Responsibility of the Government

    

It shall be the duty of the Cabinet Secretary to –
(a) provide free and compulsory basic education to every child;
(b) ensure compulsory admission and attendance of children of compulsory school age at school or an institution offering basic education;
(c) ensure that children belonging to marginalized, vulnerable or disadvantaged groups are not discriminated against and prevented from pursuing
and completing basic education;
(d) provide human resource including adequate teaching and non-teaching staff according to the prescribed staffing norms;
(e) provide infrastructure including schools, learning and teaching equipment and appropriate financial resources;
(f) ensure quality basic education conforming to the set standards and norms;
(g) provide special education and training facilities for talented and gifted pupils and pupils with disabilities;
(h) ensure compulsory admission, attendance and completion of basic education by every pupil;
(i) monitor functioning of schools; and
(j) advise the national government on financing of infrastructure development for basic education.

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