Question

Sarva Siksha Abhiyan is a significant step towards providing elementary education to all children in the age group of ________________.
A.6-14 years
B.5-13 years
C.5-15 years
D.None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The roots of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan go back to the early 1990s when the government launched the District Primary Education Programme which covered 272 districts in 18 states and aimed to provide universal primary education in all these districts. The majority of the funding of this programme at the Centre was by international and external organisations like the World Bank, UNICEF, etc. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in 2000 aimed to expand the goal of universal elementary education to all children in India. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan also had a sub-programme for early comprehensive basic education called Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat. In 2018, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was combined with Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan to launch the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan or National Education Mission.

Complete step by step solution:
Option A: is correct. The age for elementary education in India is between 6-14 years which is covered under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
Options B, C and D: are incorrect

Note: In 2002, the 86th Amendment to the constitution made elementary education a fundamental right and in 2009, the Parliament passed the Right to Education Act and it came into force in 2010. The provisions of this Act include free and compulsory education for all children in the provided age group. Before the RTE Act, Article 45 in the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution stated that the State should take up measures to provide free and compulsory education to all until the age of 14 years, however, this provision was not legally backed.