Part III · Cultural and Educational Rights

Article 30 Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.

This article gives religious and language minorities the right to start and run their own schools and colleges. The State cannot be unfair to such institutions when giving aid. Laws that control them must respect the minority's choice of what is taught and who teaches.

1. (1) All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
2. (1A) In making any law providing for the compulsory acquisition of any property of an educational institution established and administered by a minority, referred to in clause (1), the State shall ensure that the amount fixed by or determined under such law for the acquisition of such property is such as would not restrict or abrogate the right guaranteed under that clause.
3. (2) The State shall not, in granting aid to educational institutions, discriminate against any educational institution on the ground that it is under the management of a minority, whether based on religion or language. 2* * * *