Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Exemptrouj1om atlwda!la -A child may be exempted for a specified period or periods form compulsory attendance at school under this Act- (1) by the Government on religious grounds or on account of social cust9ms; and (2) by the Local Education Committee- (a) when it is re-::eiving otherwise than in a Government or private school, instruction in an educational institution approved by the Local Education Committee; or (b) when it is otherwise receiviRg education which in the opinion of the Local Education Committee is efficient or has received from the Local Education Committee a certificate of having already completed its primary education; or (c) wh~re it is impracticable or inexpedient that it should attend school on account of illness, disease, inJury, aftliction, infirmity or of any other cause regarded as sufficient by the Local Education Committee, subJect to such rules as may be prescribed in this behalf ; or c c c l ) 59 (d) where there is no Government or private school within a distance of one mile measured along the nearest road from the residence of the child which the fhild can attend.