Since the United Nations declared 1979 as the International Year of the Child, most countries in the world have become aware of the need to provide for the nutritional, health and mental needs of children. International organizations like UNICEF also initiated their efforts in this direction. In order to ensure that no child is deprived of education, the 86th amendment to the Constitution in 2002 made the right to primary education a fundamental right (Article 21A). In 2009, the Indian Parliament passed the Right to Free and Compulsory Primary Education for Children Act-2009, which was promulgated on 26 August 2009.

Keywords: UNICEF, Primary Education, Children Act-2009, Right to Education.