How The Ruling Class Subverts Constitution and Cheats People

What the 17-member committee headed by Acharya Ramamurti has recommended to the Union Government – making universal elementary education (UEE) a fundamental right – is nothing but a confession of failure and an indictment of the education system as it obtains in the country today. For, even 43 years after independence, if attaining the goal of UEE has proved a mirage, it reflects very poorly on the Central and State Governments. Article 45 of the Constitution states: “The state shall endeavour to provide within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years.” And the Constitution came into effect from January 26, 1950. The Acharya Ramamurti (AR) Committee was set up last May by the V.P. Singh Government. (Hindu, Jan 13