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Education
- 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)
Education
- English… The father and mother have the shared and inescapable obligation of raising, training, educating, maintaining and caring for their children, and the latter have the duty to provide care when the former are unable to do so by themselves. … (Art. 76)
- Spanish… El padre y la madre tienen el deber compartido e irrenunciable de criar, formar, educar, mantener y asistir a sus hijos e hijas, y éstos tienen el deber de asistirlos cuando aquél o aquella no puedan hacerlo por sí mismos. … (Art. 76)
Education
- English
Every citizen, in accord with the educational policy laid down by the Union :
(a) has the right to education;
(b) shall be given basic education which the Union prescribes by law as compulsory;
... (Sec. 366) - Burmese
နိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် နိုင်ငံတော်ကချမှတ်ထားသော ပညာရေးဆိုင်ရာမူဝါဒများနှင့်အညီ -
(က) ပညာသင်ကြားပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
(ခ) ဥပဒေဖြင့်ပြဌာန်းသည့် မသင်မနေရအခြေခံပညာများကို သင်ကြားရမည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၆)
Education
- English
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall:
1) take responsibility for … the development and realization of programs on development of … education,
… (Art. 115) - Uzbek
O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Vazirlar Mahkamasi:
1) ... ta’lim, ... rivojlantirishg doir dasturlarning ishlab chiqilishi hamda bajarilishi uchun javobgar bo‘ladi;
... (115-modda)
Education
- EnglishAll persons have a right to education. (Art. 30)
Education
- English...
(3) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth be subjected to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to access to any place of public entertainment or resort, or admission to any educational institution.
... (Art. 28) - Bengali…
(৩) কেবল ধর্ম, গোষ্ঠী, বর্ণ, নারী পুরুষভেদ বা জন্মস্থানের কারণে জনসাধারণের কোন বিনোদন বা বিশ্রামের স্থানে প্রবেশের কিংবা কোন শিক্ষা-প্রতিষ্ঠানে ভর্তির বিষয়ে কোন নাগরিককে কোনরূপ অক্ষমতা, বাধ্যবাধকতা, বাধা বা শর্তের অধীন করা যাইবে না।
… (অনুচ্ছেদ ২৮)
Education
- EnglishThe State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all. (Art. XIV, Sec. 1)
- FilipinoDapat pangalagaan at itaguyod ng Estado ang karapatan ng lahat ng mga mamamayan sa mahusay na edukasyon sa lahat ng antas at dapat magsagawa ng angkop na mga hakbang upang matamo ng lahat ng gayong edukasyon. (Art. XIV, Seksyon 1)
Education
- EnglishEvery citizen has [a] right to the equal access to instruction, to education and to culture.
The State has the duty to organize public education [enseignement] and to favor access to it.
… (Art. 53) - KirundiUmwenegihugu wese arafise uburenganzira bungana n’ubw’abandi bwo kuronka inyigisho, indero n’imico kama.
Reta itegerezwa gutunganya inyigisho mu mashuri yayo ikanorohereza abakeneye kuyajamwo.
… (Ingingo ya 53) - FrenchTout citoyen a droit à l’égal accès à l’instruction, à l’éducation et àn la culture.
L’Etat a le devoir d’organiser l’enseignement public et d’en favoriser l’accès.
… (Art. 53)
Education
- EnglishI. The State shall recognize the validity of institutes of humanistic, technical and technological training, at middle and higher levels, upon prior fulfillment of the conditions and requisites established in the law.
II. The State shall promote technical, technological, productive, artistic and linguistic training through technical institutes.
III. The State, through the educational system, shall promote the creation and organization of distance educational programs and popular education programs for those who have not attended school, with the objective of elevating the cultural level and developing the Pluri-National consciousness of the people. (Art. 90) - SpanishI. El Estado reconocerá la vigencia de institutos de formación humanística, técnica y tecnológica, en los niveles medio y superior, previo cumplimiento de las condiciones y requisitos establecidos en la ley.
II. El Estado promoverá la formación técnica, tecnológica, productiva, artística y lingüística, a través de institutos técnicos.
III. El Estado, a través del sistema educativo, promoverá la creación y organización de programas educativos a distancia y populares no escolarizados, con el objetivo de elevar el nivel cultural y desarrollar la conciencia plurinacional del pueblo. (Art. 90)
Education
- EnglishA local administrative organisation has the duties and powers to regulate and provide public services and public activities for the benefits of the people in the locality, in accordance with the principle of sustainable development, and to promote and support the provision of education for the people in the locality, as provided by law. ... (Sec. 250)
- Thaiองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นมีหน้าที่และอํานาจดูแลและจัดทําบริการสาธารณะ และกิจกรรมสาธารณะเพื่อประโยชน์ของประชาชนในท้องถิ่นตามหลักการพัฒนาอย่างยั่งยืน รวมทั้งส่งเสริมและสนับสนุนการจัดการศึกษาให้แก่ประชาชนในท้องถิ่น ทั้งนี้ ตามที่กฎหมายบัญญัติ … (มาตรา ๒๕๐)