Right to education in Punjab: concerns and challenges

Education is the main conduit for economic and social progress. Apart from industrialization and urbanization, education has been one of the important agents of social change. In this direction, India implemented the ‘Right to Education Act’ on 27th August, 2009. It states “The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of 6 to 14 years in such manner as the state may, by law, determined”. Since, teachers are like pillars for a school system upon which roof of education is supported, thus, it is important that teachers should be aware of Right to Education. In the present book an attempt have been made to analyze the awareness of right to education among the teachers, if the teachers in a economy are not aware about the right to education act then that is the biggest challenge and it is not possible to achieve universal education.The analysis can be especially useful to professionals in the field of education, research scholars, government bodies etc.