Now that the Lok Sabha has passed the 93rd Constitutional Amendment, the desire to have the Right to Education (up to the upper primary stage) as a Fundamental Right guaranteed by the Constitution is closer to becoming a reality. Eradicating illiteracy by 1960 (within ten years of the commencement of the Constitution) remained a dream for a host reasons. There was no way for a citizen to seek enforcement of this objective as the Constitutional provision was only part of the Directive Principles of State Policy and hence was not enforceable...editorial