A Bill further to amend the Constitution of India.

2. After Article 21 of the Constitution the following Article shall be inserted, namely:—

Main Clause:

“21A. (1) The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all citizens of the age of six to fourteen years.

(2) The right to free and compulsory education referred to in clause (1) shall be enforced in such manner as the State may, by law, determine.

(3) The State shall not make any law, for free and compulsory education under clause (2), in relation to the educational institutions not maintained by the State or not receiving aid out of State funds”.

3. Article 35 of the Constitution shall be renumbered as clause (1) of that article and after clause (1) and also so renumbered and before the Explanation, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

“(2) The competent legislature shall make the law for the enforcement of right to free and compulsory education referred to in clause (1) of article 21A within one year from the commencement of the Constitution (Eighty-third Amendment) Act, 1997.”

4. Article 45 of the Constitution shall be omitted.

5. In Article 51A of the Constitution, after clause (j), the following clause shall be added, namely:—

“(k) to provide opportunities for education to a child between the age of six and fourteen years of whom such citizen is a parent or guardian.