ARTICLES PERTAINING TO EDUCATION

1. MOUNT TABOR TRAINING COLLEGE,PATHANAPURAM
Submitted by,
GOPIKA NATH S
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
ROLL NO:11
SUBMITTED TO,
Dr. GEORGE VARGHESE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
M.T.T.C
ARTICLES OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION PERTAINING
TO EDUCATION
EDU 06:EDUCATION IN INDIAN SOCIETY

2. DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
 Guidelines to be followed by the govt. of India for the governance of
country.
 Not enforceable by any court.
1 • Gandhian principle –Article 46
2
• Socialistic- Article 41
3
• Liberal intellectual –Article 45

3. ARTICLE 41
 All the citizen have equal rights to education.
 Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases.
 The article states that:
“The state shall within the limits of its economic capacity and development,
make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to
public assistance in case of unemployment, old age, sickness and
disablement and in other cases of undeserved want.”

4. ARTICLE 45
 Most important constitutional provision regarding Indian education .
 Provision for early childhood care and education to the children below 6
years of age.
 Article 45 states that:
“The state shall endeavor to provide within a period of ten years from the
commencement of this constitution, for free and compulsory education for
all children till they complete the age of 14 years.”
 In 2001, the Indian parliament passed the 93rd constitutional amendement.
 The amendment to article 45 of the constitution declares, “the state shall
endeavor to provide early childhood care and education for all children
until they compete 6 years of age.”

5. ARTICLE 46
 Dictates that the federal government is responsible for the economic and
educational development of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
 Article 46 states that;
“ The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic
interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from
social injustice and all forms of exploitation.”
 The spirit of the article is healthy, democratic and based on high ideals of
humanity.
 National policy on education clearly states that central focus in the
education development of the scheduled castes is their equalization with the
rest of the population.

6. ARTICLE 51 A
 Deals with the fundamental duties of an
Indian citizen.
 Fundamental duties are the moral
obligations of all citizens to help to promote
a spirit of patriotism and to uphold the unity of India.
 They are arranged in the part IV-A of constitution.
 Included in the constitution by the 42nd amendment act 1976.
 Originally 10 in number and was increased to 11 by the 86th amendment in
2002.
 It was adopted based on the recommendations of Swaran Singh committee.
 Duties are held by the supreme court to be obligatory to all citizens.

7. The fundamental duties of every citizen of India according to the
Indian constitution are:
 To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the
National Flag and the National Anthem.
 To cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle
for freedom.
 To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India.
 To defend the country and render national service when called upon to do
so.
 To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the
people of India transcending religious, linguistic, and regional or sectional
diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women.

8.  To value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture .
 To protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes,
rivers, wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures.
 To develop the scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and
reform.
 To safeguard public property and to abjure violence.
 To strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective
activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavor and
achievement.

9. AMENDEMENT OF ARTICLE 51 A
 By the 86th amendment in 2002 , the following clause shall be added:
“Who is a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child
or as the case may be the ward between the age of six and fourteen years .”

10. ARTICLE 350 A
 Facilities for instruction in mother tongue at primary stage.
 Article 350 A states that:
“It shall be the endeavor of every State and of every local authority within
the State to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother-
tongue at the primary stage of education to children belonging to
linguistic minority groups; and the President may issue such directions to
any State as he considers necessary or proper for securing the provision of
such facilities.”

11. ARTICLE 351
 Directive for the development of Hindi language.
 Article 351 states that:
“It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi
language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for
all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its
enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms,
style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of
India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever
necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and
secondarily on other languages.”

12. THANK YOU