Cultural And Educational Rights


 
 
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Cultural And Educational Rights

Cultural And Educational Rights (Art 29-30): As India is a country of many languages, religions, and cultures, the Constitution provides special measures, in Articles 29 and 30, to protect the rights of the minorities. Any community, which has a language and a script of its own, has the right to conserve and develop it. No citizen can be discriminated against for admission in State or State aided institutions.

All minorities, religious or linguistic, can set up their own educational institutions to preserve and  develop their own culture. In granting aid to institutions, the State cannot discriminate against any institution on the basis of the fact that it is administered by a minority institution. But the right to administer does not mean that the State can not interfere in case of maladministration.

In a precedent-setting judgement in 1980, the Supreme Court held that the State can certainly take regulatory measures to promote the efficiency and excellence of educational standards. It can also  issue guidelines

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Question : 1

Which of the following are correct :

(a) In granting aid to institutions, the State cannot discriminate against any institution on the basis of the fact that it is administered by a minority institution.

(b) No citizen can be discriminated against for admission in State or State aided institutions.

Right Option : C
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Question : 2

Which of the following Article of the Indian Constitution protects the interests of the minority classes ?

Right Option : B
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Question : 3

Which of the following Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the minority classes to establish and administer educational institution ?

Right Option : C
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