<Dl> <Dd> The RTE Act is the first legislation in the world that puts the responsibility of ensuring enrolment, attendance and completion on the Government . It is the parents' responsibility to send the children to schools in the US and other countries . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> The RTE Act is the first legislation in the world that puts the responsibility of ensuring enrolment, attendance and completion on the Government . It is the parents' responsibility to send the children to schools in the US and other countries . </Dd> <P> The Right to Education of persons with disabilities until 18 years of age is laid down under a separate legislation - the Persons with Disabilities Act . A number of other provisions regarding improvement of school infrastructure, teacher - student ratio and faculty are made in the Act . </P> <P> Education in the Indian constitution is a concurrent issue and both centre and states can legislate on the issue . The Act lays down specific responsibilities for the centre, state and local bodies for its implementation . The states have been clamouring that they lack financial capacity to deliver education of appropriate standard in all the schools needed for universal education . Thus it was clear that the central government (which collects most of the revenue) will be required to subsidise the states . </P>

When was article 21a inserted in part 3