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Cultural and Educational Rights (Article 29 and 30) @militarychoiceblog

Protection of Interests of Minorities: Article 29 provides that every section of citizens residing in any part of the country have the right to protect and conserve its own distinct language, script or culture (it provides the right to a group/section/community of people).

◦ Further, it says that no citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution on grounds only of religion, race, caste, or language (it provides the rights to an individual citizen).

◦ Article 29 grants protection to both religious, linguistic as well as cultural minorities.

• However, the rights are not necessarily restricted to minorities only, as it is commonly assumed to be. It includes minorities as well as the majority.

Right of Minorities to Establish and Administer Educational Institutions: Article 30 grants all the minorities the following rights:
◦ The right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.

◦ The compensation amount fixed by the State for the compulsory acquisition of any property of a minority educational institution shall not restrict or abrogate the right guaranteed to them.

• This provision was added by the 44th Amendment Act, 1978 to protect the right of minorities in this regard.

◦ The State shall not discriminate against any educational institution managed by a minority.

◦ Thus, the protection under Article 30 is confined only to minorities (religious, cultural or linguistic) and does not extend to any other section of citizens (as under Article 29).

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