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Early Childhood in India

throughout the territory of India; (e) to reside and settle in
any part of the territory of India.
Notes
Article 21: No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty
except according to procedure established by law.

Article 21 A … shall provide free and compulsory education to all children
of the age of six to fourteen years…

Article 24 Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc. No
child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to
work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous
employment.

Directive Principles of State Policy

Article 39 … the tender age of children are not abused… are not forced
by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their
age or strength; (f) that children are given opportunities and
facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of
freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth are
protected against exploitation and against moral and material
abandonment.

Article 42 The State shall make provision for securing just and humane
conditions of work and for maternity relief (Children are also
benefited by this statutory provision).

Article 45 The state shall endeavor to provide within a period of ten
years from the commencement of this constitution, for free
and compulsory Education for All children until they complete
the age of fourteen years.

Article 46 …shall promote with special care the educational and
economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and
in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes,…
Article 47 …raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living
of its people and the improvement of public health…

Article 51A … (k) … parent or guardian to provide opportunities for
education to his child or, as the case may be, ward between
the age of six and fourteen years.

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