NCERT Solutions Exploring Society: India and Beyond Chapter 12 Understanding duties — THINK ABOUT IT

Yes — and the Constitution names it itself. Set the two side by side:

The chapter gives the example that shows why the duty is needed: a parent wanted to stop sending his daughter to school; a neighbour convinced him that it is every parent’s duty to educate their child. The girl’s right had not been taken away by any law — it was about to be lost because the duty was not being done.

There are matching duties at every level, not just the parents’:

• My duty as a student — attend, work, and let others learn. My right to be taught does not include a right to disturb the class.
• Fundamental Duty 9 — protect public property and avoid violence. In the chapter, boys who wanted to break benches after losing a football match were reminded that it was school property. Damaging a school damages other children’s education.
• Fundamental Duty 8 — develop scientific temper and the spirit of inquiry. The students who, instead of only memorising notes on the purification of water, showed a disadvantaged community how to filter and boil water were putting their education to use.
• The community’s duty — not to put a child to work instead of school. Articles 23–24 ban child labour, and near the fair ground the children who were kept busy cleaning were enrolled in school after volunteers stepped in.