{"id":1680,"date":"2020-04-16T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T06:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawyerinc.net\/learning\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2020-04-16T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T06:47:12","slug":"right-to-education-is-important-and-what-are-recent-amendments-in-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawyerinc.net\/learning\/right-to-education-is-important-and-what-are-recent-amendments-in-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Right to Education is important and What are Recent Amendments in Laws relevant to it in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2018EDUCATION\u2019- This word merely means to acquire knowledge, values, skills, and beliefs in different facets of our life. Hence, it is a course of learning and gaining experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we all know, education is the most powerful weapon which can easily shape the destiny of both an individual as well as the whole country. Moreover, if we look at the reasons responsible for defining the boundaries between a developed, developing and under-developed nations, education appears as the single most significant factor whirling the wheel of progress and advancement in the developed nations. Also, it has been recognized that an educated citizen not only improvise the economic and social status of the concerned nation but the political scenario as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, the importance of education is indisputable for every single person. It is an unwavering component for the development and growth of human civilization. Even though education has a momentous effect on life, regular education is not the same in different areas. As a consequence, plans and policies are being made to resolve these issues. Furthermore, without education, life would be both disadvantageous and devastating as education helps in imparting moral values which are nowadays missing in our youth and also require to be addressed carefully for creating a better society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, due to the continuous efforts made by our academicians, NGO\u2019s, educationists and civil society groups, who followed a rights-based approach, resulted in the passing of 86th constitutional amendment by the parliament. Further, the 86th<\/sup> constitutional is all about article21A, which made the Right to Education a fundamental right. Consequently, \u201cRight to Free and Compulsory Education Act\u201d was passed by the President of India on 26 August 2009, Moreover, the same got published in the official gazette of India on 27 August 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, after the enforcement of the act on 01 April 2010, India has become one of the 135 nations to make education a fundamental right for its citizens. Moreover, the enforcement of said act put the concept of Right to Education at par with the Right to Life. Also, this act bounds all the stakeholders like schools, parents, society, states and the central governments to play their roles to provide free and compulsory education to the children aged between the 6-14 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Right to Education act principally supports and encourages the notion of \u201cfree and compulsory\u201d education. Here, the term free education means that no child is allowed to pay any amount of fee or any kind of charges levied for completing and getting education apart from the child whose parents are capable of paying fees and also affording all other sorts of child-related expenses. Further, the term compulsory education means that it is the government\u2019s responsibility along with all the concerning local authorities to check for the proper attendance of the students, to make sure proper admission is taking place and also to take care for the fulfilment of the fundamental education of every child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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