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Definations:- In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (i) to “attend” a recognised basic school means to be present for instruction at such school for so many and such days in the year at such time or times on each day of attendance as may be prescribed by the educational authority or the Orissa Board of Basic Education, as the case may be ; (ii) “basic education” means such a system of all-sided education to be imparted through a, productive craft in the local environment in which pupils live with a view to making it self-supporting and inculcating a true sense of dignity of labour, as shall be recognised by the State Government from time to time ; (iii) "child" means a boy or girl who is not less than six and not more than ten years of age to whom the primary education or the basic education, as the case may be, shall be imparted and includes in a local area specially notified by * Published in Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. dated 19.05.1951