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86th Constitution Amendment


                                                                                     n December 2002, the
                                                                                     Constitution (Eighty-
                                                                                     sixth Amendment) Act,
                                                                                I2002, was unanimously
                                                                                passed by Parliament. It
                                                                                promised enabling legislation
                                                                                to provide universal primary
                                                                                education for all children
                                                                                countrywide. The Act added a
                                                                                new Article 21A to the Consti-
                                                                                tution, decreeing education
                                                                                a fundamental right of all
                                                                                children between six-14 years
                                                                                of age. However, enabling
                                                                                legislation by way of the Right
                                                                                of Children to Free & Com-
                                                                                pulsory Education (RTE) Act
                                                                                came seven years later.
                                                                                   See www.educationworld.in
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