Right to education under constitution of India and development among the scheduled tribes: A socio-legal study

Abstract

The beneficial provision of Right to Education has been inserted into the Indian Constitution. In order the enactment of the Right to Education has brought several amendments in the Parliament. However, every state has duties to verify that the Right to Education policy reaches all the disadvantaged sections of the society. It is a constitutional mandate to provide free and compulsory elementary education to all Children until the age of 14. It is said that before the implementation of the Act in question, education was neither free nor compulsory. This Paper discusses the constitutional provision related to educational right and several Acts related to Right to Education passed by the Indian legislature. It also discusses the international human rights provisions related to Right to Education. For this purpose, secondary data from law books, law articles, law journals, newspapers, etc. have been used.