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Unit 14: Constitutional Provisions with Special Reference to Education in India

Article 337: This provides for special provision with respect to educational grants for the benefit Notes
of Anglo-Indian community.
Article 350A: This article relates to facilities for instruction in mother tongue at primary stage.
Article 350B: It provides for a special offer for linguistic minorities.
Article 351: This article relates to the development and promotion of the Hindi language.
The seventh schedule of the Indian Constitution contains legislative powers under three lists
viz. The Union List, the State List and the Concurrent List

14.2 Entries for Education in Union List

This list contains 97 subjects where the following entries are related to education:
Entry 13: To provide Educational and Cultural relations with foreign countries.
Entry 62: The institutions known at the commencement of the Constitution as National Library,
The Indian Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Victoria Memorial, and Indian War
Memorial. Any other such institutions financed by the Government of India wholly or in part
and declared by the Parliament by law to be an institution of national importance.
Entry 63: Institutions of national importance. The institution known at the commencement of
this Constitution as the BHU, AMU and Delhi University etc. declared by Parliament by law to
be an institution of national importance.
Entry 64: The institution of scientific and technical education financed by the Government of
India wholly or in part and declared by law to be institutions of national importance like IITs
and lIMs.
Entry 65: Union agencies and institutions for:
(i) Professional, vocational or technical training, including the training of police officers.
(ii) The promotion of special studies or research.
(iii) Scientific or technical assistance in the investigation of detection of crime.
Entry 66: Coordination and determination of standards in the institution of higher education or
research and scientific and technical institutions.
14.2.1 State List:

State list consists of 66 entries, out of which the following is the entry related to education:
Entry 12: According to this entry all libraries, museums and other similar institutions controlled
or financed by the state, ancient and historical monuments and records other than those declared
by or under law made by the Parliament to be of the national importance.
14.2.2 Concurrent List:
It comprises 47 entries, among them the following are related to education:
Entry 20: Economic and social planning.
Entry 25: Education, including technical education, medical education and universities subject
to provision of entries 63,64,65,66 of list (Union List).
Entry 34: Newspapers, books and printing presses.

What provisions are to be given to minorities of education?

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