Question
Consider the following statements regarding ‘Right to Education’: 1. This right mandates that the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years. 2. The Right to Education was inserted in the constitution by the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2002. 3. India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the act came into force on 1 April 2010. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution
All the statements are correct. This right mandates that the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years. The Right to Education was inserted in the constitution by the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2002. India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the act came into force on 1 April 2010.
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