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Direct linkMondal, Ajit; Islam, Nijairul – Education 3-13, 2023
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the RTE Act, 2009) came into effect since 1st April 2010, pursuant to the 86th Amendment to the Constitution of India (2002), which promises elementary education as a fundamental right. It makes legally binding on the State to ensure free and compulsory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Rights, Student Rights, Compulsory Education
Free and Compulsory Primary Education in India under the British Raj: A Tale of an Unfulfilled Dream
Mondal, Ajit – SAGE Open, 2017
Attempts to make free and compulsory education accessible to Indian children began a little more than a century ago. A strong consciousness for the need of free and compulsory Primary Education in India was highly moved by enactment of the Compulsory Education Act in 1870 in England. Education has been formally recognized as a human right since…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Access to Education, Compulsory Education, Elementary School Students
