<br/>In a strong message to states who have expressed inability to provide funds for implementing the Right to Education Act, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said this posturing shows they are not interested in ensuring education for all. Mr Sibal, who is visiting Australia, told PTI that if the state says it does not want to contribute, the message to the people of the state is that they are not interested in education. <br/><br/>The minister's views came in response to statements from chief ministers of two major educationally backward states demanding full funding from the Centre for implementing the RTE Act which came into force on April one. <br/><br/>The Act, which has made education a fundamental right of every child, will require an investment of 1.71 lakh crore rupees for the next five years for implementation. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have demanded that the Centre meet cent per cent financial requirements under the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act.<br/>