Overview: Right to Free and Compulsory Education, Section 12(1)

Right to Free and Compulsory Education started as a mere suggestion in 1882 by the Indian Education Commission. The importance of education to build a strong nation was identified almost 150 years ago, however, it was only brought into action 11 years ago in the form of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. India roughly has 422 million children under the age of 18 years, representing 41.1% of the country’s population. The RTE Act, 2009, therefore seemed like an impossible task as it made education for all children between the age of 4–16 (The proposed National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, has expanded the ambit of the RTE to children aged 3–18.) not only free but also compulsory along with a strong focus on providing quality education. Due to the sheer number of children in our country coming from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, the task seemed like a distant dream to many due to the multiple implementation barriers foreseen like strong public and private partnership, monitoring in distant areas etc . <a href="https://medium.com/@aasthajain333/overview-right-to-free-and-compulsory-education-section-12-1-9394223f51f7">Learn More</a>