(a) whether the Government proposes to make education free upto the graduation level;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the time by which it is likely to be implemented;
(d) whether the Government also proposes to provide text
books prescribed for class XIth and for higher education at
subsidised rates to the children of poor families;
(e) if so, the details thereof; and
(f) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a): No, Sir.
(b) & (c): Do not arise.
(d): No Sir.
(e): Does not arise.
(f): `Education` being a concurrent subject,it primarily comes under the purview of the
State Governments.The Constitutional (Eighty-sixth) Amendment Act,2002 notified on 13th December,
2002,inserted Article 21A in the Constitution,which provides that `the State shall
provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in
such manner as the State may,by law, determine `.