Which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India have a bearing on Education? 1) Directive Principles of State Policy 2) Rural and Urban Local Bodies 3) Fifth Schedule 4) Sixth Schedule 5) Seventh Schedule Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

The correct answer is D. All five provisions touch education, which is why the question tests breadth rather than a single article.

• 1) Directive Principles: Article 45 directs the State to endeavour to provide early childhood care and education. Articles 39(f) and 46 also bear on children's education and the weaker sections. The 86th Amendment (2002) made free and compulsory education for ages 6 to 14 a fundamental right under Article 21A.
• 2) Rural and Urban Local Bodies: The Eleventh Schedule (panchayats) and Twelfth Schedule (municipalities) list education, including primary schools, among local government functions.
• 3) Fifth Schedule: It governs administration of Scheduled Areas under Article 244, and education there is shaped by the Governor's powers and tribal-area administration.
• 4) Sixth Schedule: District and regional councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram have powers to establish and manage primary schools under the Schedule.
• 5) Seventh Schedule: Education is in the Concurrent List (entry 25) and the State List (entry 11), so both the Centre and States legislate on it.

Connect this to Mains GS-2 on federalism and the division of legislative powers, where education is a classic concurrent subject.

Trap: Assuming Fifth and Sixth Schedules are only about tribal governance and have nothing to do with education. The Sixth Schedule explicitly gives councils school powers.