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Education
- English(1) Every citizen shall have the right of access to basic education.
(2) Every citizen shall have the right to get compulsory and free education up to the basic level and free education up to the secondary level from the State.
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(5) Every Nepalese community residing in Nepal shall have the right to get education in its mother tongue and, for that purpose, to open and operate schools and educational institutes, in accordance with law. (Art. 31) - Nepali(१) प्रत्येक नागरिकलाई आधारभूत शिक्षामा पहुँचको हक हुनेछ ।
(२) प्रत्येक नागरिकलाई राज्यबाट आधारभूत तहसम्मको शिक्षा अनिवार्य र निःशुल्क तथा माध्यमिक तहसम्मको शिक्षा निःशुल्क पाउने हक हुनेछ ।
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(५) नेपालमा बसोबास गर्ने प्रत्येक नेपाली समुदायलाई कानून बमोजिम आफ्नो मातृभाषामा शिक्षा पाउने र त्यसका लागि विद्यालय तथा शैक्षिक संस्था खोल्ने र सञ्चालन गर्ने हक हुनेछ । (धारा ३१)
Education
- English(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)
Education
- EnglishThe fundamental tasks of the Angolan state shall be:
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g) To promote policies that will ensure universal access to compulsory free education under the terms defined by law;
… (Art. 21) - PortugueseConstituem tarefas fundamentais do Estado angolano:
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g) Promover políticas que assegurem o acesso universal ao ensino obrigatório gratuito, nos termos definidos por lei;
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Education
- EnglishEducation is one of the basic pillars of social progress. The state shall ensure, foster, and endeavor to spread it. (Art. 25)
- Arabicالتّعليم دعامة أساسيّة من دعائم تقدّم المجتمع، تكفله الدّولة و ترعاه، و تسعى لنشره و تعميمه. (المادّة 25)
Education
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2. Subject to sections 18 and 49, and to subsections (9) and (12) of this section, and save only as may be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society-
a. this Chapter3 guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in subsections (3) and (6) of this section and in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17; and
b. Parliament shall pass no law and no organ of the State shall take any action which abrogates, abridges or infringes those rights.
3. The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-
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k. the right of every child-
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ii. who is a citizen of Jamaica, to publicly funded tuition in a public educational institution at the pre-primary and primary levels;
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13. In this section "public educational institution" means an all-age school, a pre-primary school or a primary school that is maintained or assisted by the Government. (Sec. 13)
Education
- EnglishEach has the right of access to sources of knowledge. The State guarantees to any citizen access to instruction, to culture, and to professional training [formation].
Education and instruction must be provided to youth by public or private establishments.
Private establishments may be opened with the authorization of the State, within the conditions established by the law. They are placed under the control of the State.
Parents have the obligation to provide education and instruction to their children until the age of sixteen (16) years at least.
The State and other public collectivities have the obligation to create and to assure the good functioning of the public establishments for the education and the instruction of youth.
Education is gratuitous in the public establishments at the various [divers] levels of education. (Art. 9) - FrenchChacun a le droit d'accéder aux sources du savoir. L'État garantit à l'enfant et à l'adulte l'accès à l'instruction, à la culture et à la formation professionnelle.
Il doit être pourvu à l'éducation et à l'instruction de la jeunesse par des établissements publics ou privés.
Les établissements privés peuvent être ouverts avec l'autorisation de l'État, dans les conditions fixées par la loi. Ils sont placés sous le contrôle de l'État.
Les parents ont l'obligation de pourvoir à l'éducation et à l'instruction de leurs enfants jusqu'à l'âge de seize (16) ans au moins.
L'État et les autres collectivités publiques ont l'obligation de créer et d'assurer le bon fonctionnement des établissements publics pour l'éducation et l'instruction de la jeunesse.
L'éducation est gratuite dans les établissements publics pour les divers ordres de l'enseignement. (Art. 9)
Education
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2. It is exclusively incumbent upon the National Parliament to make laws on:
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l) The bases for the education system;
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2. Parlamentu Nasionál de’it mak halo lejizlasaun kona-ba:
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l) Baze sistema hanorin nian;
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2. Compete exclusivamente ao Parlamento Nacional legislar sobre:
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l) As bases do sistema de ensino;
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Education
- EnglishAll persons have [the] right to [a] complete [integral] and permanent education, which[,] as a system and [a] process[,] is accomplished within the context of the culture of the community. Its goals [fines] are the full development of the human personality and the promotion of freedom and peace, social justice, solidarity, cooperation and the integration of the peoples; the respect for human rights and the democratic principles; the affirmation of the commitment to the Fatherland [Patria], to the cultural identity and the intellectual, moral, and civic training, as well as the elimination of the educational contents of a discriminatory character.
The eradication of illiteracy and the preparation [capacitación] for work are permanent objectives of the educational system. (Art. 73) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a la educación integral y permanente, que como sistema y proceso se realiza en el contexto de la cultura de la comunidad. Sus fines son el desarrollo pleno de la personalidad humana y la promoción de la libertad y la paz, la justicia social, la solidaridad, la cooperación y la integración de los pueblos; el respeto a los derechos humanos y los principios democráticos; la afirmación del compromiso con la Patria, de la identidad cultural y la formación intelectual, moral y cívica, así como la eliminación de los contenidos educativos de carácter discriminatorio.
La erradicación del analfabetismo y la capacitación para el trabajo son objetivos permanentes del sistema educativo. (Art. 73)
Education
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The State takes the necessary measures to integrate the Constitution, the Rights of Man and the public freedoms in the school and university programs of teaching as well as in the training of the forces of defense and of security, and of the agents of the Administration. (Art. 28) - French
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L’Etat prend les mesures nécessaires pour intégrer la Constitution, les droits de l’homme et les libertés publiques dans les programmes d’enseignement scolaires et universitaires ainsi que dans la formation des forces de défense et de sécurité, et des agents de l’Administration. (Art. 28)
Education
- EnglishThe State has the duty and the responsibility [charge] of the education and of the instruction of youth by the public schools.
All children, boys and girls, in all places of the national territory, have the right of acceding to school. …
All the national institutions, public or private, have the duty to make their members literate and to participate in the national effort of literacy in one of the national languages. (Art. 22) - FrenchL'Etat a le devoir et la charge de l'éducation et de la formation de la jeunesse par des écoles publiques.
Tous les enfants, garçons et filles, en tous lieux du territoire national, ont le droit d’accéder à l’école. …
Toutes les institutions nationales, publiques ou privées, ont le devoir d'alphabétiser leurs membres et de participer à l'effort national d'alphabétisation dans l'une des langues nationales. (Art. 22)