Answer:
Explanation:
child” means a child from the age of five to sixteen years;
(b) “capitation fee” means any kind of donation or contribution or payment, by whatever name, other than the fee notified by the Government or the local authority;
(c) “disadvantaged child” means a child who belongs to a socially and economically disadvantaged class, or to any other group having disadvantage owing to social, or such other reasons or who belongs to such a parent whose annual income is less than the limit which the Government may, by notification, specify;
(d) “education” means teaching and training of mind and character by attendance in regular school education, madrassa education, vocational training and special education in the class room and school setting, or non-formal education or the education prescribed for a child or category of children by the Government;
(e) “free education” implies that the Government or a local authority shall not charge any fee or expense for providing education and shall endeavour to remove financial barriers that may prevent a child from completing ten years’ education;
(f) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;
(g) “local authority” means a local government, an autonomous or semi-autonomous body or authority of the Government, a public sector organization or body having administrative control over a school or empowered by or under any law to function as a local authority;
(h) “parent” includes a person having the care and custody of a child or a guardian appointed by a court;
(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules;
(j) “rules” means the rules made under the Act;
(k) “school” means an educational institution imparting primary, elementary or secondary education to the children and includes:
