Section 5(5) in Gujarat Elementary Education Rules, 2010
(5)(i)Expenditure on books, writing materials uniforms and transport to be incurred for these children will be borne the school management.(ii)Government will provide these children free text-books. Where the text books differ or are supplementary to the regular text books provided by government, the additional expenditure of providing such text books is to be borne by the school management.(iii)School uniforms are provided to disadvantaged children under various schemes of Government. If a child is not covered by any such scheme, the school management will provide uniforms wherever required.(iv)Where schools provide midday meals to children on payment basis, Government will reimburse cost for the special category children (whose regular fees are being reimbursed), to the extent of government expenditure per child in the Mid-day Meal Scheme. Where the unaided school does not have a scheme for mid day meals and children bring food from home or buy it in canteen, Department should encourage special category children to bring food from home and reimburse cost to parents on the same scale as mid day meal program.(v)All expenses other than the ones specified above are to be borne by the school management.
