India makes elementary education compulsory

CNN:

A new law went into effect in India Thursday making education a fundamental right for every child.

An estimated 8 to 10 million children between the ages of 6 and 14 do not attend school in India.

In most cases, the abject poverty many of these children live in necessitate they instead work to supplement their family's meager income.

In some cases, parents often frown upon sending daughters to school, and some rural areas deny children of lower castes access to education.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 3, 2010 1:30 AM
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