International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR)

Educational Implementation Failures Within the Juvenile Justice Framework: A Legal and Institutional Review

Children who enter the Juvenile Justice system often carry deep personal, social, and educational gaps with them. The law promises that once they come under institutional care, they will receive proper education, guidance, and support so they can rebuild their lives with dignity. But in reality, this promise is rarely fulfilled. This paper explores how education, which should have been a core part of rehabilitation, is often the weakest link inside Child Care Institutions, Observation Homes, and Special Homes. Even though the Juvenile Justice Act and the Right to Education Act clearly guarantee learning opportunities, many children still face broken schooling, untrained teachers, irregular classes, and almost no monitoring of their progress. Through a close look at laws, policies, official reports, and existing studies, the paper highlights the everyday gaps that children experience inside these institutions—gaps that directly affect their confidence, growth, and chances of real reintegration. The paper argues that when education fails inside the juvenile system, rehabilitation also fails. It calls for strong accountability, proper training of staff, regular academic monitoring, and clear standards for what every child must receive—because a child who is already vulnerable should not have to fight for the basic right to learn.