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History of Right to Education/Timeline of important events:
- 1950: Constitution of India contained Article 45, as one of the directive principles of State policy, which states that:
"The State shall endeavor to provide within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years."
- 1968: First National Commission for education under Dr. Kothari submits its reports. It introduced several far-reaching changes as uniform curriculum for both boys and girls, mathematics and science as compulsory subjects etc. It also proposed a Common School System.
- 1976: Constitution amendment making education a concurrent subject (responsibility of both state and center) was passed.
- 1986: National policy on Education (NPE) endorsing Common School System (CSS) was formulated. Subsequent NPE’s endorsed CSS but it has never been implemented.
- 1993: The Supreme court in the case Unnikrishnan vs State of Andhra Pradesh ruled that the right to education is a fundamental right that flows from the Right to life in Article 21 of the Constitution.
- 1997: Constitution Amendment making Education a fundamental right was introduced.
- 2002: 86th Constitution Amendment added Article 21A stating that “The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age six to fourteen years in such as a way as the State may, by law, determine.” The 86th Amendment also modified Article 45 which reads as “The state shall endeavor to provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of 6 years”.
- 2005: CABE committee report constituted to draft the Right to Education Bill submits its report.
- July 2006: Media reports indicate that federal government is planning to ask all state governments to pass Right to Education bill in their respective legislatures based on a model bill drafted by federal Government. It has shelved plans to introduce a federal bill in this regard.
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