Consider the following statements with reference to right to education
1. Article 21A – On 1 April 2010, India joined a group of few countries in the world, with a historic law making education a fundamental right of every child coming into force.
2. Making elementary education an entitlement for children in the 6–14 age group, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act will directly benefit children who do not go to school at present.
3. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the operationalisation of the Act.
4. Children, who had either dropped out of schools or never been to any educational institution, will get elementary education as it will be binding on the part of the local and State governments to ensure that all children in the 6–14 age group get schooling.
5. As per the Act, private educational institutions should reserve 25 per cent seats for children from the weaker sections of society.
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