Child Belonging to Disadvantaged Group
A child from a "disadvantaged group" includes children from SC, ST, OBC/socially backward classes, and any other group notified by the State Government as facing social, cultural, economic, geographic, linguistic, or gender-based disadvantage.
"child belonging to disadvantaged group" means a child belonging to the Scheduled Caste, the Scheduled Tribe, the socially and educationally backward class or such other group having disadvantage owing to social, cultural, economical, geographical, linguistic, gender or such other factor, as may be specified by the appropriate Government, by notification, for the purposes of this Act.
A child from a "disadvantaged group" includes children from SC, ST, OBC/socially backward classes, and any other group notified by the State Government as facing social, cultural, economic, geographic, linguistic, or gender-based disadvantage.
Children from disadvantaged groups are entitled to 25% reservation in private unaided schools under Section 12(1)(c)/(d). They also have special non-discrimination protections under Sections 8 and 9.
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