Gauhati High Court Announces Free Education To Students Barred from Classes Over Uniform, Book Costs

The Gauhati High Court has directed Happy Child High School, Guwahati to provide free education to two students of the EWS category in accordance with Section 12 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

The decision was given in response to a case where two students, unable to afford the costs of books and uniform, were barred from attending classes from the beginning of the session.

The Bench noted that if a school provides free elementary education, it will be reimbursed with either the state’s per-child cost or the actual fee charged, whichever is lower.

[Master Rehan Barai & Anr. v The State of Assam & Ors.]