NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS OF MINORITIES

India, the largest democracy of the world is a land of religious, cultural and linguistic diversity. Correspondingly we have the division of population into a majority and several minorities on the basis of religious, cultural as well as on linguistic communities. The basic object of minority protection is to instill confidence in them, create a feeling that they will never be overrun by the majority and to homogenize the pluralities in a civil society and to integrate minorities fully and equally into the national life of the state characterized by the ethos and interest of majority. The term minority occurs only in Articles 29 and 30 of the Indian Constitution. Article 30 recognizes the right of a minority whether based on religion or language to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice and prohibits the state from discriminating against any educational institutions on the ground that it is under the management of a minority.