Context:
10.17 lakh government-run schools have 9.12 lakh schools with electricity, and 1.52 lakh schools do not have electricity, as per latest report.
School Infrastructure
School infrastructure in India includes a variety of components, such as classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and sports facilities. Many schools in India lack the necessary infrastructure to provide a quality education.
The National Education Policy 2020
The National Education Policy of 2020 seeks to help in transforming the society of India into a knowledge-based society and also ensure all quality education across India. It relies on five key pillars such as access, equity, quality, affordability, and accountability.
- Aim
- To strengthen Anganwadi centers with high quality infrastructure, play equipment, and well-trained teachers.
- Right To Education
- The right to education in India is guaranteed by Article 21A of the Constitution of India, added in the constitution by the 86th Amendment Act in 2002.
- Right to education provides quality education to each and every child, for it is a Fundamental human Rights. In India, the RTE Act brought up in 2009 ascertains such rights for free and compulsory education to all children of age 6-14 years.
