Research has shown that in a country like Mexico, one out of two teens won’t finish high school. In India, the number is a tiny bit lower but alarming, where one out of three students don’t complete their schooling. The constitution of India enforces the right to compulsory education for every student between the age of 6-14. However, it has been observed that a large majority of the Indian population especially those below the poverty line do not have access to or are unable to make it to school. 

This is primarily because no punishment has been prescribed for the parents who do not send their children to school and the indiscriminate employment of children in the unorganized sector.The government should enforce laws such as those deployed in the US, Canada, and other developed countries where parents can be summoned for their failure to admit children into educational institutions. Another contributory factor to children dropping out of government education institutions is that they are sub-par, unhygienic, and inadequately staffed. Stricter and more frequent audits of educational administrative bodies will help improve the condition of free basic education in India and be one of the contributing factors towards increasing attendance.