Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana 1980, as amended to 2016
Education
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    (1) Every citizen has the right to free education from nursery to university as well as at non-formal places where opportunities are provided for education and training.
    … (Art. 27)
Education
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    Formal education is compulsory up to the age of fifteen years. (Art. 38E)
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    (2) Every woman is entitled to equal access with men to academic, vocational and professional training, equal opportunities in employment, remuneration and promotion and in social, political and cultural activity. (Art. 149F)
Education
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    (1) Every child is entitled to free primary and secondary education in schools owned or funded by the State.
    (2) The right conferred in paragraph (1) does not imply a right to free education at a specific school.
    (3) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of paragraph (1) to the extent that the law in question makes provision for standards or qualifications, not being standards or qualifications which are discriminatory within the meaning of article 149(2), to be required for admission to a specific school. (Art. 149H)
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Chapter IV on Citizenship.
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Chapter II on Principles and Bases of the Political, Economic and Social System.
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Chapter II on Principles and Bases of the Political, Economic and Social System.
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Part of Title 1 on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Title 1 on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual, Part 2 on Specific Rules.
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Refer to Art. 213 on Protection of Pension Rights and Art. 214 on Power of Commissions in relation to pensions, etc.