The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, Ministry of Education, Government of India during a meeting with the stakeholders of minority educational institutions and other minority communities in Kohima at DPDB hall Kohima today briefed about the issues faced by minorities in the educational sector.
A press release from DIPR stated that NCMEI Chairman, Justice Narendra Kumar briefed on the issues faced by minorities in the educational sector.
He also highlighted that Article 30(1) of the Constitution of India provides linguistic and religious minorities a fundamental right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
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The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) Act has been enacted to safeguard the educational rights of the minorities enshrined in Article 30(1) of the Constitution.
It also serves as an appellate authority in respect of disputes on Minority Status/ No Objection Certificate (NOC). Educational institutions aggrieved by the order of refusal to grant a Minority Status Certificate/No Objection Certificate by the competent authority of State/UT can appeal to the Commission against such orders.
The Commission has the power to cancel the minority status of an educational institution granted by an Authority or Commission, on grounds laid down in the Act, he added.
The chairman also mentioned that the term ‘Minority’ is not defined in the Indian Constitution. However, the Constitution recognizes religious and linguistic minorities.
The Central Government has notified six religious minority communities viz. Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, and Jain.
Minority Educational Institutions can approach NCMEI for obtaining Minority Status Certificate (MSC) to appeal against State authorities on being aggrieved by the order of rejection of NOC application by the State/UT (Section 12A) or refusal to grant a minority status certificate (Section 12 B) and Resolving disputes regarding affiliation/deprivation and violation of rights of minorities to establish and administer the institutions of their choice.
