Consider the following statements:1. Free and compulsory education to the children of 6-14 years age-group by the State by the seventy-sixth Amendment to the Constitution of India.2. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan seeks to provide computer education even in rural areas.3. Education was included in the Concurrent List by the Forty- second Amendment, 1976 to the Constitution of India’.Which of the statements given above are correct?
✓ Correct answer: c) 2 and 3
ExplanationStatement 1 is Incorrect: The provision of free and compulsory education for children in the 6-14 age group was included in the Constitution of India through the Eighty-sixth Amendment (not the Seventy-sixth) in 2002, which inserted Article 21A.Statement 2 is correct: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) aims to provide universal education and includes the promotion of computer education in rural areas as part of its broader educational reforms.Statement 3 is correct: Education was moved to the Concurrent List under Item 25 by the Forty-second Amendment in 1976. This allows both the Centre and states to legislate on education.84
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