Congress welfare push: Right to healthcare, free schooling till Class 12

In the education sector, the party said it would encourage universities to award “deprivation points” to students seeking admission based on gender, permanent residence in rural districts and first generation learner, among others, to ensure diversity in the classroom. It also said it would make school education from Class 1 to Class 12 in government schools compulsory and free, for which it will amend the Right to Education Act

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