The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE), was passed by the parliament on 4 August 2009, and describes the modalities of the provision of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution. India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the act came into force on 1 April 2010.