Correct Answer : Option (D) - Neither 1 nor 2
The Tapas Majumdar Committee (1999) encompassed the insertion of Article 21A.
* In 1993, the Supreme Court’s landmark judgement in the Unnikrishnan JP vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Others held that Education is a Fundamental right flowing from Article 21.
* The 86th amendment to the constitution of India in 2002, provided Right to Education as a fundamental right in part-III of the Constitution. Hence, statement 1 is not correct.
Right to Education a fundamental right for children between 6-14 years.
* Hence, statement 2 is not correct.
* India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the act came into force on 1 April 2010.
* The Title of the RTE Act incorporates the words ‘free and compulsory’.
Source : Indian Express