The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009

86th Amendment Act (2002) via Article 21A (Part III) of Indian Constitution seeks to make free and compulsory education a Fundamental Right for all children in the age group 6-14 years.

The salient features of this act are:

•Every child between the ages of 6 to 14 years has the right to free and compulsory education. This is stated as per the 86th Constitution Amendment Act added Article 21A. The right to education act seeks to give effect to this amendment

•The government schools shall provide free education to all the children and the schools will be managed by school management committees (SMC). Private schools shall admit at least 25% of the children in their schools without any fee.

•The National Commission for Elementary Education shall be constituted to monitor all aspects of elementary education including quality.