Instruction in mother-tongue: states must endeavour to provide primary-stage education for linguistic minorities and a Special Officer monitors safeguards. It is the endeavour of the State and every local authority to provide adequate facilities for mother-tongue instruction at the primary stage for children of linguistic minorities, with the President empowered to issue directions to States to secure such provision; a Special Officer for linguistic minorities appointed by the President must investigate safeguards for linguistic minorities and report to the President, whose reports are to be laid before Parliament and sent to State Governments.
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Instruction in mother-tongue: states must endeavour to provide primary-stage education for linguistic minorities and a Special Officer monitors safeguards.
It is the endeavour of the State and every local authority to provide adequate facilities for mother-tongue instruction at the primary stage for children of linguistic minorities, with the President empowered to issue directions to States to secure such provision; a Special Officer for linguistic minorities appointed by the President must investigate safeguards for linguistic minorities and report to the President, whose reports are to be laid before Parliament and sent to State Governments.
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