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Education
Seychelles
- EnglishThe State recognises the right of every citizen to education and with a view to ensuring the effective realization of this right undertakes−
(a) to provide compulsory education, which shall be free in State schools, for such minimum period, which shall not be less than ten years, as may be prescribed by law;
(b) to ensure that the educational programmes in all schools are aimed at the complete development of the person;
(c) to afford, on the basis of intellectual capability, every citizen equal access to educational opportunities and facilities beyond the period of compulsory education;
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(e) to respect the right of parents to choose whether to send their children to a State or private school. (Art. 33)
Education
Tunisia
- EnglishEducation shall be mandatory up to the age of sixteen years.
The state guarantees the right to free public education at all levels and ensures provisions of the necessary resources to achieve a high quality of education, teaching, and training. It shall also work to consolidate the Arab-Muslim identity and national belonging in the young generations, and to strengthen, promote and generalize the use of the Arabic language and to openness to foreign languages, human civilizations and diffusion of the culture of human rights. (Art. 39) - Arabicالتّعليم إلزامي إلى سنّ السّادسة عشرة.
تضمن الدولة الحقّ في التّعليم العمومي المجاني بـــكامل مراحله، وتسعى إلى توفير الإمكانيات الضّرورية لتحقيق جودة التربية والتّعليم والتّكوين، كما تعمل على تأصيل الناشئة في هويتها العربية الإسلامية وانتمائها الوطني وعلى ترسيخ اللّغة العربية ودعمها وتعميم استخدامها والانفتاح على اللّغات الأجنبية والحضارات الإنسانية ونشر ثقافة حقوق الإنسان. (الفصل 39) - FrenchL’instruction est obligatoire jusqu’à l’âge de seize ans.
L’État garantit le droit à l’enseignement public et gratuit à tous ses niveaux. Il veille à mettre les moyens nécessaires au service d’une éducation, d’un enseignement et d’une formation de qualité. L’État veille également à l’enracinement des jeunes générations dans leur identité arabe et islamique et leur appartenance nationale. Il veille à la consolidation de la langue arabe, sa promotion et sa généralisation. Il encourage l’ouverture sur les langues étrangères et les civilisations. Il veille à la diffusion de la culture des droits de l’Homme. (Art. 39)
Education
Benin
- English
The State and public collectivities guarantee the education of children and create conditions favorable to this objective. (Art. 12)
- French
L'Etat et les collectivités publiques garantissent l'éducation des enfants et créent les conditions favorables à cette fin. (Art. 12)
Education
Chad
- EnglishThe State assures the promotion and the development of general, technical and professional public education. (Art. 39)
- Arabicتكفل الدولة تعزيز وتطوير التعليم الرسمي العام والتقني والمهني. (المادة 39)
- FrenchL'Etat assure la promotion et le développement de l'enseignement public générai, technique et professionnel. (Art. 39)
Education
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishNo Congolese person may, in matters of education … be subject to a discriminatory measure, that results from the law or from an act of the executive, for reason of his religion, of his family origin, of his social condition, of his residence, of his opinion or political convictions, or his belonging to a certain race, to an ethnicity, to a tribe, [or] to a cultural or linguistic minority. (Art. 13)
- FrenchAucun Congolais ne peut, en matière d’éducation … faire l’objet d’une mesure discriminatoire, qu’elle résulte de la loi ou d’un acte de l’exécutif, en raison de sa religion, de son origine familiale, de sa condition sociale, de sa résidence, de ses opinions ou de ses convictions politiques, de son appartenance à une race, à une ethnie, à une tribu, à une minorité culturelle ou linguistique. (Art. 13)
Education
Eswatini
- English…
(6) Every Swazi child shall within three years of the commencement of this Constitution have the right to free education in public schools at least up to the end of primary school, beginning with the first grade.
… (Sec. 29)
Education
Kenya
- English(1) Every child has the right—
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(b) to free and compulsory basic education;
… (Art. 53) - Swahili(1) Kila mtoto ana haki—
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(b) ya kupata elimu ya msingi kwa lazima na bila malipo;
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Education
Morocco
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Fundamental instruction [enseignement] is a right of the child and an obligation of the family and of the State.
… (Art. 32) - Arabic…
التعليم الأساسي حق للطفل وواجب على الأسرة والدولة.
… (الفصل 32)
Education
Namibia
- English(1) All persons shall have the right to education.
(2) Primary education shall be compulsory and the State shall provide reasonable facilities to render effective this right for every resident within Namibia, by establishing and maintaining State schools at which primary education will be provided free of charge.
(3) Children shall not be allowed to leave school until they have completed their primary education or have attained the age of sixteen (16) years, whichever is the sooner, save in so far as this may be authorised by Act of Parliament on grounds of health or other considerations pertaining to the public interest.
… (Art. 20)
Education
South Africa
- English(1) Everyone has the right-
(a) to a basic education, including adult basic education; and
(b) to further education, which the state, through reasonable measures, must make progressively available and accessible.
(2) Everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or languages of their choice in public educational institutions where that education is reasonably practicable. In order to ensure the effective access to, and implementation of, this right, the state must consider all reasonable educational alternatives, including single medium institutions, taking into account-
(a) equity;
(b) practicability; and
(c) the need to redress the results of past racially discriminatory laws and practices. (Sec. 29)