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(Excerpts from Indian
Constitution
PART IV)
Education and its policy has been has clearly stated in Indian constitution
among 352 articles concerning article regarding the education are as given :
Article 41. Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain
cases.—The
State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make
effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public
assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in
other cases of undeserved want.
Article 45.
Provision for free and compulsory education for children.—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.
Article
46. Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections.—The
State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of
the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes
and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all
forms of exploitation.
Article 47. Duty of the
State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve
public health.—The
State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of
living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary
duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition
of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of
drugs which are injurious to health.
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