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Right to Education (Art. 21A)

Free and compulsory education for children 6โ€“14 years; added by 86th Amendment (2002)

India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 2002 Fundamental Rights

Key Facts

  1. 1

    Added by 86th Constitutional Amendment (2002); RTE Act enacted 2009, operational from April 2010

  2. 2

    Free and compulsory education for children aged 6โ€“14 years โ€” approximately 200 million children

  3. 3

    Every neighbourhood school must admit all children; 25% reservation in private schools for EWS children

โš–๏ธ Did you know? RTE Act (2009) implementing Art 21A requires private unaided schools to reserve 25% seats for economically weaker section children

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Fundamental Rights

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2002

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Free and compulsory education for children 6โ€“14 years