Volume 9 : Issue 2 (2022)

Envisioning Right to Education Act, 2009 through the Lens of National Education Policy, 2020

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020,the twenty-first century’seducation policy came into effect from July 2020 which provides recommendations covering the entire spectrum of the Indian education system from pre-primary to higher education. The Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 which is an existing law functioning in the Indian elementary schooling systemguarantees free and compulsory education to every child from an age group of 6 to 14 years. It has now been more than a decade since its implementation, however the problem of retention of students from underprivileged background still persists, therefore, a countrywide expectation was inevitable from the NEP 2020 as to how it’s going to address the implementation level gaps of the existing RTE Act, 2009. Therefore, this articleis an effort to reflect on the recommendations given by theNEP, 2020 in addressing some of the important provisions of the RTEAct, 2009.

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