Which constitutional amendment added Article 21A stating that the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age six to fourteen years in such as a way as the State may, by law, determine?

84th Amendment

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86th Amendment

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89th Amendment

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42nd Amendment

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Solution

The correct option is B 86th Amendment
This right has been granted by the Constitution (Eighty sixth Amendment) Act, 2002. By this Act, a new article 21 A has been inserted in the Constitution which states, ''The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of 6 to 14 years in such a manner as the state may, by law, determine.''

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3. Education was included in the Concurrent List by the 42nd Amendment, 1976 to the Constitution of India.

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