<P> A report on the status of implementation of the Act was released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on the one - year anniversary of the Act . The report admits that 8.1 million children in the age group 6 - 14 remain out of school and there's a shortage of 508,000 teachers country - wide . A shadow report by the RTE Forum, representing the leading education networks in the country led by Ambarish Rai (a prominent activist), however, challenging the findings pointing out that several key legal commitments are falling behind the schedule. (http://www.rteforumindia.org/) The Supreme Court of India has also intervened to demand implementation of the Act in the Northeast . It has also provided the legal basis for ensuring pay parity between teachers in government and government aided schools </P> <P> Haryana Government has assigned the duties and responsibilities to Block Elementary Education Officers--cum--Block Resource Coordinators (BEEOs - cum - BRCs) for effective implementation and continuous monitoring of implementation of Right to Education Act in the State . </P> <P> It has been pointed out that the RTE act is not new . Universal adult franchise in the act was opposed since most of the population was illiterate . Article 45 in the Constitution of India was set up as an act: </P> <Dl> <Dd> The State shall endeavour 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 . </Dd> </Dl>

Right to education act 2002 was introduced to help which of the following group of society