National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) was established to protect and safeguard the educational institutions which are established by the religious[1] minorities in India.
This also ensures rights of religious minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice as provided in Article 30 of the Constitution of India.
[3] Linguistic minorities do not come under the ambit of the NCMEI Act, 2004 The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) was established as welfare of the religious minorities mentioned in the national common minimum programme and government established the commission through an ordinance in November 2004.
[4] The commission is headed by a chairman who belongs to a religious minority community and has been a Judge of a High Court.
They too must belong to a religious minority community and must be "persons of eminence, ability and integrity."