Education in constitution.- Indian polity and Governance
Q. Consider the following statements
1. Education is state subject according to constitution.
2. The Karnataka State Assembly, recently, passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Karnataka Amendment) Bill 2015, which seeks to provide primary education (standard I to V) in the child's mother tongue or in Kannada.
Which of the above statements are correct?- Published on 30 Apr 15a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Only 2
Under the Constitution of India, initially, education was a State subject but, the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976, shifted it from the 'State list' to the 'Concurrent List'.
