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It was only in 2002 that education was made a fundamental right in the
93rd amendment to the Constitution.
Annual financial implications of the bill will be not less than Rs.
Fifty thousand crores. The bill is being discussed and debated for
six years. It is very unfortunate that the department of education
fails to assess and include in the bill the tentative capital and
recurrent financial liabilities of the central and state Governments.
Though for the non-state actors like private schools the Act has
made specified provisions of penalty for non-adherence,
surprisingly, it is not specified what action will be initiated if the
appropriate authority like Central, State Government and local
authority fail to adhere to the norms specified in the bill.
The bill has not made provision for exercise books, pen, pencil,
uniform etc in absence of which the doors will remain close for
poor. These should be included to make education truly free for
In the end, I quote Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru saying, “Children were like
the buds in a garden. They should be carefully and lovingly
nurtured, as they were future of the nation and the citizen of
tomorrow.”