Minority Educational Institutions (MSCA)

In Context :

The Supreme Court has held that state can regulate minority educational institutions.

In News :

• The judgment came on a challenge to the validity of the West Bengal (MSCA) Madrasah Service Commission Act of 2008.
• The State Act mandated that the method of appointment of teachers in aided madrasahs, recognised as minority institutions, would be done by a Madrasah Service Commission, whose decision would be binding.

About :

• The Supreme Court held that the State is well within its rights to introduce a regulatory regime within the “national interest” to supply minority educational institutions with well-qualified teachers in order for them to “achieve excellence in education.”
• The managements of minority institutions cannot ignore such a legal regime by saying that it's their fundamental right under Article 30 of the Constitution to ascertain and administer their educational institutions according to their choice.

Source : The Hindu