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What is the right to education as per the constitution of India?

by Indialegal Live India Legal Stories That Count

In this article, we are going to discuss the aspect of education as a right of every child, the Right to Education Act, and the loopholes & challenges for the implementation of the act. You must have heard this saying, the root of education is bitter, but the fruit is sweet. It is a very unfortunate fact that even in the 21st century, around half of India’s children between the age of 6-14 are not able to go to school, and around 3 million children of the same age group are deprived of education. In this article, let me discuss the basic need of education, acts, amendment and allocation of funds in different aspects as per the Constitution of India.


Right to education on the basis of International law


When international recognition of the right to education enriched international law in Article 26 of the universal declaration of human rights, and regarded the basic requirement of every human being. In various international events like Article 13 and 14, social as well as cultural rights should have primary education rights. 


In the year 1960, the right to education was strongly stated by UNESCO in the convention against discrimination in education. Europe convention organized on March 20, 1952, also claims that every human being has the right to education. 


Here is the list of some international organizations working for the promotion of education:


  • UNESCO

  • UNICEF

  • Amnesty International

  • The International Labour organization

  • The world bank

These organizations are continuously making their consistent efforts to eliminate the problem of poverty via education.





Right to Education in India


Education is the process of making things learned, and acquisitions of beliefs, knowledge, and habits that work for the upliftment of socially and economically downtrodden people. The government understands the importance of education in India.


India is the country where the world’s 19% children population. It means that the majority of youngsters live. Also, one-third of the world’s illiterate population lives in India. 


To reduce the illiteracy rate, and tackle the alarming issues, the government of India introduced an act called right to free and compulsory education. As per this act, education became the fundamental right for children’s age group between 6-14. After the implementation of this act, India became one of the 135th countries to implement the right to education as a fundamental right. 


Challenges and implications


However, the right to education became the fundamental right, but to make it possible at the ground level has been challenging so far. Education has never been found inexpensive, neither free nor mandatory. The people who are excluded from education reflect inequality with social, political and economical differences based on caste, gender and class. Children of the upper-class family who are economically stable have got a better opportunity for education. In contrary, the children of farmers, labours and downtrodden society are still deprived of the education. 


Today in India, when education has become the fundamental right of a citizen, it means a citizen has the right to call up the state to provide the facilities of education according to the financial capacity.


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