Through which Amendment of the Constitution has the Right to Education became a Fundamental Right?

The correct answer is (D) Eighty-sixth Constitutional Amendment.

• The Right to Education (RTE) was made a Fundamental Right through the Eighty-sixth Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002. This amendment inserted Article 21A into the Constitution of India, guaranteeing free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14 years.
• Consequent to this amendment, Parliament enacted the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which came into effect on April 1, 2010, operationalizing the constitutional mandate at the grassroots level.
• Option (A) relates to land reform and the First Schedule in 1951, Option (B) is known as the Mini-Constitution of 1976 affecting Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties, and Option (C) in 1978 removed the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights.