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ACT V OF 2014 ACT V OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT, 2014. An Act to provide for the free and compulsory education in the Province of Balochistan. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 6th February, 2014] 2. Definitions.---In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, (a) "Act" means the Balochistan Compulsory Education Act, 2014; (b) "Area" means a geographical area of up to a 2 kilometers radius from a child's place of residence; (c) "Child" means a child of either sex whose age at the beginning of the school year is not less than five years and not more than sixteen years; (d) "Education" means the education pertaining to all or any of the class I to X in a school, of a minimum quality as per prescribed standards; (e) "Employer" means a person who has employed a child as laborer for his benefit at home, shop, factory or any other place of economic gain; (f) "Free Education" means that the state shall charge no fee for tuition either directly or through any other head that imposes a financial burden on the parent/guardian of the child and the state shall provide the child with free textbooks, stationery, one meal in school and transport facilities; (g) "Government" means the Government of Balochistan; (h) "Management Committee" means the Parent Teacher School Management Committee as formed / notified under Section 4 of this Act; (i) "Parent" includes a guardian or any other person who has the custody of a child; or is in-charge of a child; (j) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (k) "Prescribed Authority" means an authority notified as such by the provincial Government whether generally or for a particular purpose with specific nomenclature; (l) "School" means a school established and maintained by the provincial Government and includes school/section of a school/Madrassa registered by the Government in which education is imparted; (m) "Standards" mean any standards on educational inputs, processes and outputs developed and notified by the Prescribed Authority; and (n) "To attend a school" means to be enrolled and present for instructions at such school, on such days in the year, at such times or time and for so many hours on each day of attendance, as may be fixed by the prescribed authority.