According to the RTE Act, 2009, which of the following is the age group…

Concept

Under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, elementary education means education from Class I to Class VIII.

Section 3(1) creates the entitlement to free and compulsory elementary education for every child within the Act’s stated age limits.

Application

1. Read the lower and upper bounds in Section 3(1): the lower age is six years and the upper age is fourteen years.

2. Match those two bounds to the offered ranges: they form the interval 6 to 14 years.

Contrast

• 6 to 16 years extends beyond the Act’s upper limit into the secondary-school stage.

• 14 to 18 years begins at the upper boundary and covers later schooling rather than the elementary span.

• 3 to 6 years is the early-childhood or pre-primary span; Section 11 separately asks governments to endeavour to provide early-childhood care and education before age six.

Cross-check

Article 21A of the Constitution uses the same 6-to-14-year age band for free and compulsory education, confirming the statutory reading.

Therefore, the guaranteed age group is 6 to 14 years.