The right to Education Act enforces the 86th Constitutional Amendment which was passed in 2002, inserting Article 21A that made free and compulsory education is a fundamental right for children in the age group of 6-14 years. The right to Education Act has come into effect on 1st April 2010. It has taken over six decades for independent India to bring such a programme of compulsory primary education, we must cheer the fact that it has finally happened.