: The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 0000 inserted Article 00-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 0000, which represents the consequential legislation envisaged under Article 00-A, means that every child has a right to full time elementary education of satisfactory and equitable quality in a formal school which satisfies certain essential norms and standards. A