 bill no  39 of  2012 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2012 by dr raghuvansh prasad singh, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 20122  in article 171 of  the constitution,—amendment of article 1715(i) in clause (3), in sub-clause (c), the words "not lower in standard than that of a secondary school," shall be omitted; and(ii) after clause (3), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(3a)  any law made by parliament under sub-clause (c), before the coming into force of the constitution (amendment) act, 2012 shall, to the extent that such law bars educational institutions lower in standard than that of a secondary school, be void" statement of objects and reasonslegislative  councils exist in the states of andhra pradesh, bihar, uttar pradesh, maharashtra, karnataka, tamil nadu and jammu and kashmir according to article 171 of the constitution, teachers of higher secondary schools and colleges only are eligible to vote in elections to the legislative councils of those states it is ironical that the teachers of primary schools have been denied this privilege inspite of the fact that the number of primary schools in the country is very large and the number of teachers in such schools is also equally large moreover, the teachers of primary schools play a crucial role in moulding the future of the country by instilling good values in children when our constitution was being drafted, the number of government primary schools were very few in number that may be the reason for non-inclusion of teachers of primary schools as electors of legislative councilstherefore, the bill seeks to amend the constitution with a view to enable a large number of primary school teachers to vote in elections to legislative councils alongwith the teachers of higher secondary schools and colleges in order to give them a voice in elections to legislative councils the demand for the same is going on for a long time and it is high time that such a legislation is brought forthhence this billnew delhi;raghuvansh  prasad  singhmarch 12, 2012 annexure extract from the constitution of indiacomposition of the legislative councils171 (1)(2) (3) of the total number of members of the legislative council of a state—(a) (b) (c) as nearly as may be, one-twelfth shall be elected by electorates consisting of persons who have been for at least three years engaged in teaching in such educational institutions within the state, not lower in standard than that of a secondary school, as may be prescribed by or under any law made by parliament;       ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr raghuvansh prasad singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—42ls(s3)—1742012