It has taken 73 years for making education a fundamental right for all children between 6 and 14 years of age. The right to education was there since the framing of the Indian Constitution but it was not enforced by law for all primary school going children. Education is a vital aspect of economic growth which has taken decades to be realized.
With education a child realizes the importance of resources and their judicious utilization. In addition to learning proper use of resources the value of human capital increases with formal education. Of all forms of resources, human resource is perhaps the most versatile and most yielding. Investment in human capital is thus the wisest form of investment for any economy, and particularly for a developing nation like India.
The implementation of this act in the grass root level may not be a smooth task. For the poorer section of the Indian population who survive in the marginal level, education might be a luxury. Children as soon as they attain 10 or 11 years of age are sent for menial jobs to add to the family’s income. It is not only important to educate such parents about the importance of informal education, but also find enough avenues of alleviating their economic well-being.
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