In Britain, the Education Act of March 1944 provided free what in schools to all children in the UK under the age of 18?
Education Act 1944 milk (a third of a pint a day) in schools to all children under the age of 18. In 1968 Edward Short, the Labour Secretary of State for Education and Science, withdrew free milk from secondary schools. His successor, Conservative Margaret Thatcher withdrew free school milk from children over seven in 1971, earning her (among her enemies) the nickname 'Thatcher, the Milk Snatcher'. Shirley Williams abolished school milk for children under seven in 1977. Below are the three Secretaries of State responsible for the withdrawal of milk for schoolchildren, between 1968 and 1977: Education Act 1944 The Education Act 1944
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE) is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted on 4 August 2009, which describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between the age of 6 to 14 years 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. The title of the RTE