Educational and Cultural Rights (Article 29 -30)
5. Cultural and Educational Rights (Articles 29-30)
- Analysis: Protects the interests of minorities by allowing them to preserve their languages, scripts, and cultures.
- Recent Developments: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 emphasizes the preservation of linguistic diversity and the promotion of multilingualism, aligning with these rights.
Protection of Interests of Minorities to citizens residing in the territory of India (Article 29):
- Every citizen has the right to conserve their distinct language, script, or culture of their own.
- On the ground of religion, race, caste, language or any of them the State can not deny admissions to any citizen in the Institution maintained by State.
Right of Minorities to Establish and Administer Educational Institutions (Article 30):
- All minorities have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice,
- The state shall not discriminate against educational institutions on grounds of the minority in granting aid to them.
Note: Right to property [Article 31] Repealed by the 44th constitutional amendment Act 1978, ( Section 6, w.e.f. 20-06-1979).
6 Fundamental Rights of India Constitution
Fundamental Rights of India were included from the Magna Carta of England, the declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens (France), and the U.S. bill of rights. Indian Constitution Articles 12-35 are those rights that protect an individual from the atrocities of the State and these rights are protected and guaranteed by the constitution. These rights are regarded as ‘Fundamental‘ because they are most essential for the attainment of certain basic liberties and freedom in order to live a dignified life and the Constitutional Rights in India also allow an individual to move directly to the Supreme Court for the reinforcement of his/her fundamental right as and when they are violated or restricted.
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