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Right to education

Sir, — After some innocuous discussions, elementary education has been elevated to the status of a justiciable fundamental right. The Supreme Court had opined in the Mohini Jain case (1992) and Unnikrishnan case about the fundamental justiciability of the right to education. At last, the legislature had the gumption to amend the Constitution in this regard. The amendment seeks to make elementary education free and compulsory for children in the age group of six to 14. There was a hue and cry for extending the right up to the age of 18, but this was rebuffed. In addition, whose legal liability is it? Can a financially struggling parent be blamed for his child's absence from school? Will the State be responsible for the sad plight of parents who are forced to send their children to earn the family's daily bread?

Sherry J Thomas

Ernakulam

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