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Education
Mali
- EnglishEducation, instruction, the development [formation], ... constitute the recognized rights. (Art. 17)
- FrenchL'éducation, l'instruction, la formation, ... constituent des droits reconnus. (Art. 17)
Education
Portugal
- English1. Everyone has the right to education, with the guarantee of the right to equal opportunities in access to and success in schooling.
2. In implementing the education policy, the state is charged with:
a) Ensuring universal, compulsory and free basic education;
b) Creating a public, and developing the general, preschool education system;
c) Guaranteeing permanent education and eliminating illiteracy;
d) In accordance with his capabilities, guaranteeing every citizen access to the highest levels of education, scientific research and artistic creation;
e) Progressively making all levels of education free of charge;
f) Inserting schools into the communities they serve and establishing links between education and economic, social and cultural activities;
... (Art. 74) - Portuguese1. Todos têm direito ao ensino com garantia do direito à igualdade de oportunidades de acesso e êxito escolar.
2. Na realização da política de ensino incumbe ao Estado:
a) Assegurar o ensino básico universal, obrigatório e gratuito;
b) Criar um sistema público e desenvolver o sistema geral de educação pré-escolar;
c) Garantir a educação permanente e eliminar o analfabetismo;
d) Garantir a todos os cidadãos, segundo as suas capacidades, o acesso aos graus mais elevados do ensino, da investigação científica e da criação artística;
e) Estabelecer progressivamente a gratuitidade de todos os graus de ensino;
f) Inserir as escolas nas comunidades que servem e estabelecer a interligação do ensino e das actividades económicas, sociais e culturais;
... (Art. 74)
Education
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State's prime duties are:
1. Guaranteeing without any discrimination whatsoever the true possession of the rights set forth in the Constitution and in international instruments, especially the rights to education,
… (Art. 3) - SpanishSon deberes primordiales del Estado:
1. Garantizar sin discriminación alguna el efectivo goce de los derechos establecidos en la Constitución y en los instrumentos internacionales, en particular la educación,
… (Art. 3)
Education
Iraq
- English…
Second: Children have the right to upbringing, care and education from their parents.
… (Art. 29) - Arabic…
ثانياً :ـ للأولاد حقٌ على والديهم في التربية والرعاية والتعليم
(المادة 29) …
Education
Slovenia
- EnglishParents have the right and duty to maintain, educate, and raise their children. This right and duty may be revoked or restricted only for such reasons as are provided by law in order to protect the child's interests.
... (Art. 54) - SloveneStarši imajo pravico in dolžnost vzdrževati, izobraževati in vzgajati svoje otroke. Ta pravica in dolžnost se staršem lahko odvzame ali omeji samo iz razlogov, ki jih zaradi varovanja otrokovih koristi določa zakon.
... (54. Člen)
Education
El Salvador
- EnglishThe State will organize the educational system for which it will create the institutions and [the] services that are necessary. … (Art. 54)
- SpanishEl Estado organizará el sistema educativo para lo cual creará las instituciones y servicios que sean necesarios. … (Art. 54)
Education
Kuwait
- EnglishIn conformity with the Law and with in the limits of public order and morals, education for Kuwaitis is a right guaranteed by the State. In compliance with the Law, education is compulsory and gratis in its first stages.
The Law shall lay down the necessary plans to eradicate illiteracy. ... (Art 40) - Arabicالتعليم حق للكويتيين ، تكفله الدولة وفقاً للقانون وفي حدود النظام العام والآداب ، والتعليم إلزامي مجاني في مراحله الأولى وفقاً للقانون.
ويضع القانون الخطة اللازمة للقضاء على الأمية. ... (المادّة 40)
Education
New Zealand
- English(1) An educational establishment maintained wholly or principally for students of one sex, race, or religious belief, or for students with a particular disability, or for students in a particular age group, or the authority responsible for the control of any such establishment, does not commit a breach of section 57 by refusing to admit students of a different sex, race, or religious belief, or students not having that disability or not being in that age group.
… (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 58)
Education
Haiti
- EnglishEducation is a responsibility of the State and of the territorial collectivities. They must place school freely within the reach of all, and see to the level of training of the teachers of the public and non-public sectors. (Art. 32-1)
- FrenchL'éducation est une charge de l'État et des collectivités territoriales. Ils doivent mettre l'école gratuitement à la portée de tous, veiller au niveau de formation des enseignants des secteurs public et non public. (Art. 32.1)
Education
Nepal
- English
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(5) Women shall have the right to obtain special opportunity in education, … on the basis of positive discrimination.
… (Art. 38) - Nepali
…
(५) महिलालाई शिक्षा, … मा सकारात्मक विभेदका आधारमा विशेष अवसर प्राप्त गर्ने हक हुनेछ ।
… (धारा ३८)