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Articles 29-30

Rights of minorities in education

Communities can protect their language and culture and run their own schools.

Real life

A Tamil-speaking community in Delhi opens a school teaching in Tamil. That is protected.

What it means

  • Article 29 protects your language, script and culture.
  • Article 30 lets religious and linguistic minorities set up and run educational institutions.
  • No student can be refused admission to a State-aided school only because of religion, race, caste or language.

Related rights

Right to educationArticle 21A