Chandigarh, Nov. 2 -- The Action Committee for RTE Act on Sunday urged the state government to provide school transportation assistance to children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups who are entitled to free education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. In a letter to chief secretary KAP Sinha, the non-governmental organisation (NGO) demanded that Paragraph 3 of the standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the Punjab education department, which required parents or guardians of such children to bear school transportation costs be withdrawn without further delay. It said serious statutory and practical concerns were already raised in this regard earlier, but no response or reasoned decision was received from the department. "Section 3(2) of the RTE Act, 2009, provides that no child shall be liable to pay any fee, charges or expenses which may prevent them from pursuing and completing elementary education," it wrote.htc...