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RTE Rules Maintenance of records of children by Local Authority

7. Maintenance of records of children by Local Authority
 (1) The Local Authority shall maintain a record of all children, in its jurisdiction,
through a household survey, from their birth till they attain the age of 14 years.
A unique number may be given to every child to monitor his/her enrollment
attendance learning achievement and transition to next higher classes. The
household survey should also be conducted to identify the children in migrant
locations, work places, unregistered habitations etc.
(2) The record, referred to in sub-rule (1) above, shall be updated each year.
(3) The record, referred to in sub-rule (1) above shall be maintained
transparently, in the public domain, and used for the purposes of clause (e)
of section 9
(4) The record, referred to in sub-rule (1) shall, in respect of every child,
include:-
(a) Name, sex, date of birth, (Birth Certificate Number), place of birth;
(b) Parents' / guardians' names, address, occupation;
(c) Pre-primary School/Anganwadi centre that the child has attended (upto age
six ) or attending.
(d) School where the child is admitted;
(e) Present address of the child;
(f) Class in which the child is studying (for children between age 6-14),
and if education is discontinued in the territorial jurisdiction of the Local
Authority, the cause of such discontinuance;
(g) Whether the child belongs to the weaker sections;
 (h) Whether the child belongs to a disadvantaged group;
(i) Details of children requiring special facilities / residential facilities on account
of migration and sparse population; age appropriate admission; disability.
(5) The Local Authority shall ensure that the names of all children enrolled in the
schools under its jurisdiction are publicly displayed in each school.
(6) The Government may in consultation with the Commissioner and Director of
School Education and State Project Director, Rajiv Vidya Mission (Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan) evolve a child tracking system so as to monitor not only
the academic progress of children in the schools, but also their retention,
transition and migration.
(7) The Government shall make appropriate arrangements for tracking the
children migrating from one district to another with in the state or children of
the families migrating from Andhra Pradesh to other states or children of the
families migrating from other states into Andhra Pradesh along with their
parents, so as to ensure continuity of elementary education.
(8) The Government shall provide seasonal hostels in the villages known for
migration of labour, either on a seasonal basis or for a longer time cycle so
that the children will stay back when their parents migrate to other places
and so that these children are provided education and suitable residential
facility in spite of their parents migration.
(9) The Government shall make arrangements for the education of the migrant
children coming from other states, by setting up on-site schools at the work
places where the migrant labour from other states are engaged in any
economic activity in groups, in consultation with the state concerned where
from the labour have migrated with families and children and as far as may
be practicable, the teaching material and the textbooks shall be in their
respective mother tongue.