ABSTRACT
Some of the distinguishing features of education in the ancient times were: Indian education in the ancient period reached its pinnacle in the Buddhist period. The Charter Act of 1813 was a turning point in the history of Indian education. However, there were debates among two groups-the Orientalists who favoured the promotion of Indian education through existing media of instruction, i.e. Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian; and the Anglicists who were in favour of promoting Western education in India through the medium of English. Archana Mehendale examines the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act from the perspective of its significance for securing the fundamental right of children to education in the current context of privatization and globalization. The increasing cost of education is one of the significant current trends in the Indian education system which has the effect of aggravating the inequalities prevailing in education and the society as a whole.
