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Analyzing the guiding principles of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005) and the sections of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act 2009), if a school implements provisions such as the prohibition of interviews or screening tests for children during admission, prohibition of corporal punishment and mental harassment, and no detention policy until the completion of elementary education (which was later amended), along with the NCF 2005 principles of 'connecting knowledge to life outside the school' and 'shifting away from rote learning', which of the following statements is most authentic regarding the interrelationships of these two legal and policy documents?

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The National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005) and the Right to Education Act (RTE Act 2009) are both pillars of the child-centered approach in the Indian education system. While NCF 2005 as a curricular framework advocates connecting knowledge to external life, eliminating rote learning, and child-centered education, the RTE Act 2009 provides legal enactment to all these pedagogical ideals. Under this, Section 29 prescribes the curriculum and evaluation system of elementary education in accordance with NCF. For more information in this regard, the Wikipedia reference can be viewed.

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