School Administration and Management

PART III  Duties of State Government and Local Authority 4.Areas or limits for purposes of section 6 (1) The State Government or the Local Authority,as the case may be,shall establish neighborhood schools within the areas or limits to meet the following criteria,namely: (a) In respect of children in classes I-V ,a school shall be established as far as possible within a distance of one kilometre of the neighborhood and has minimum of 20 children in the age group of 6 to 11 years available and willing for enrollment in that school; and (b) In respect of children in classes VI-VIII ,a school shall be established as far as possible within a distance of three kilometres of the neighborhood and which has not less than 20 children in class 5th of the feeding primary schools,taken together ,available and willing for enrollment in that school. (2) The Sate Government may suitably alter the minimum distance specified in sub -rule (1) in cases of hilly areas that are not easily accessible and...