With reference to the Right to Education under Article 21A, consider the following statements:
1. The state is constitutionally mandated to provide free and compulsory education to all children from birth up to the age of fourteen years.
2. Article 21A was inserted into the Constitution via the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002.
3. The modalities of how this right is enacted are governed by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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With reference to the Right to Education under Article 21A, consider the following statements:
1. The state is constitutionally mandated to provide free and compulsory education to all children from birth up to the age of fourteen years.
2. Article 21A was inserted into the Constitution via the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002.
3. The modalities of how this right is enacted are governed by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Accepted Answer

Statement 1 is incorrect: Article 21A specifies the age group strictly as 'six to fourteen years', not from birth. Early childhood care and education for children below six years is managed under Article 45 (DPSP). Statements 2 and 3 are correct: The 86th Amendment Act of 2002 created Article 21A, and Parliament enacted the operational details via the RTE Act, 2009, which came into effect on April 1, 2010.

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