The President has
given his assent to the Constitution (93rd Amendment)
Bill, 2002. With this, the Bill has been notified and renumbered
in the Gazette of India as the Constitution (86th Amendment)
Act, 2002.
The Constitution
(86th Amendment) Act, 2002, seeks to make right to
education for children between 6 and 14 years as a Fundamental
Right within the meaning of Chapter III of the Constitution of
India. Accordingly, Article 21 providing for Fundamental Right
to Life and Personal Liberty has been amended to make education
upto high school as a Fundamental Right for all citizens of India.
This amendment will be enforced from a date to be notified by
the Department of Education in the Ministry of Human Resource
Development. All the State Governments and the Union Territory
Administrations, will, thereafter make arrangements for compulsory
education for all children throughout the country to herald India’s
march to cent percent literacy of its citizens in the times to
come.
