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Education is the right of all children and through the 86th amendment act, article 21(A) was incorporated in the Indian constitution which made education as a fundamental right. Accordingly the Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education act (RTE) has come into force from April 1, 2010.. Every child in the age group of 6-14 years will be provided 8 years of free compulsory elementary education. The RTE act mandated the formation of School Management Committees (SMC) in every government-funded schools to encourage community and more particularly, parental involvement in school development. Under the RTE Act parents have been entrusted certain powers through the SMC elected by them; proper exercise of the same can initiate a process of improving schools. The School Management Committee members should understand the RTE act for its effective implementation. The present study was conducted to know the awareness of Right to Education Act among School Management Committee members .The investigators selected 96 SMC members from 32 Government elementary schools in Vizianagaram district as respondents and data collected through the questionnaire on RTE . It was found that majority of the SMC members are not fully aware about RTE Act. Significant differences were found in the awareness of SMC Chairperson and Members male and female, rural and urban area respondents . This study revealed that there is a need to create awareness among School Management Committee members about RTE Act for its effective implementation in Elementary schools .