The Eighty-sixth ($86\text{th}$) Amendment Act of the Constitution of India altered a Directive Principle of State Policy to provide for:

The $86\text{th}$ Constitutional Amendment Act of 2002 altered the matter of Article 45 under the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP). The modified article mandates that the State shall endeavor to provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of $6$ years. Concurrently, it made elementary education a Fundamental Right under Article 21A.