A historic law making education a fundamental right of every child will come into force on Thursday, directly benefiting close to one crore children who do not go to schools at present. <br/><br/>The importance attached to the legislation could be gauged from the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an unprecedented move will address the nation Thursday highlighting the various aspects of the law. Nearly 92 lakh children, who have either dropped out from schools or have never been to any educational institution, will get elementary education as it will be binding on part of the local and state governments to ensure that all children in the six to 14 years age group get schooling.<br/><br/>The provisions of the Act says no school can deny admission to a student and all schools need to have trained teachers. As per the Model rules, the local bodies and the state governments will undertake household surveys and neighbourhood school mapping to ensure that all children are sent to school.<br/><br/>The state government or local authorities will identify children with disabilities and children from disadvantaged groups every year. The law is coming into force after the Centre and states resolved all issues for its implementation and agreed to share of funds in the ratio of 55-45. Education became a fundamental right of every child in the age of six to 14 years through the 86th amendment by inserting a clause in the Constitution in 2002. <br/><br/>Parliament passed the enabling law last year. The Finance Commission has provided 25,000 crore rupees to the states for implementation of the Act. The Centre has also prepared separate rules for the Union Territories which will be notified by the Law Ministry on Thursday. <br/><br/>Unaided and private schools shall ensure that children from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups shall not be segregated from the other children in the classrooms nor shall their classes be held at places and timings different from the classes held for the other children.