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Education
Portugal
- English1. In performing their irreplaceable role in relation to their children, particularly as regards the children's education, fathers and mothers have the right to protection by society and the state, together with the guarantee of their own professional fulfilment and participation in civic life.
… (Art. 68) - Portuguese1. Os pais e as mães têm direito à protecção da sociedade e do Estado na realização da sua insubstituível acção em relação aos filhos, nomeadamente quanto à sua educação, com garantia de realização profissional e de participação na vida cívica do país.
... (Art. 68)
Education
Cuba
- EnglishEducation is a right of all people and the responsibility of the State, which guarantees free, accessible, and quality education services to its citizens for their holistic development, from preschool until the postgraduate level.
The State, in order to effectuate this right, establishes a broad system of educational institutions of all types and education levels, which allows the possibility of attending school during any stage of life according to one's aptitudes and the country's social demands and socioeconomic development needs.
Society and families have the responsibility of education.
The law defines the scope of the obligatory nature of attending school; the basic general preparation that must be minimally acquired; the education of adults and those whose postgraduate or other complementary studies may extraordinarily be remunerated. (Art. 73) - SpanishLa educación es un derecho de todas las personas y responsabilidad del Estado, que garantiza servicios de educación gratuitos, asequibles y de calidad para la formación integral, desde la primera infancia hasta la enseñanza universitaria de posgrado.
El Estado, para hacer efectivo este derecho, establece un amplio sistema de instituciones educacionales en todos los tipos y niveles educativos, que brinda la posibilidad de estudiar en cualquier etapa de la vida de acuerdo a las aptitudes, las exigencias sociales y a las necesidades del desarrollo económico-social del país.
En la educación tienen responsabilidad la sociedad y las familias.
La ley define el alcance de la obligatoriedad de estudiar, la preparación general básica que, como mínimo, debe adquirirse; la educación de las personas adultas y aquellos estudios de posgrado u otros complementarios que excepcionalmente pueden ser remunerados. (Art. 73)
Education
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishThe government must provide all citizens with free education up to end of secondary school, and must expand free higher education to the extent required by the country for attaining self-sufficiency. (Art. 30)
- Persianدولت موظف است وسایل آموزش و پرورش رایگان را برای همه ملت تا پایان دوره متوسطه فراهم سازد و وسایل تحصیلات عالی را تا سر حد خودکفایی کشور به طور رایگان گسترش دهد. (اصل 30)
Education
Serbia
- English
The municipality shall, through its bodies, and in accordance with the Law:
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4. be responsible for meeting the needs of citizens in the field of education,
… (Art. 190) - Serbian Cyrillic
Општина, преко својих органа, у складу са законом:
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4. стара се о задовољавању потреба грађана у области просвете,
... (Члан 190)
Education
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee the funding of public institutions of higher education. Public universities and polytechnic schools can create supplementary sources of revenue to improve their academic capabilities, invest in research and granting scholarships and bans, which shall not entail any cost or charge for those who attend third-level education [post-secondary undergraduate schooling]. The distribution of these resources shall be based essentially on quality and other criteria set by law.
… (Art. 357) - SpanishEl Estado garantizará el financiamiento de las instituciones públicas de educación superior. Las universidades y escuelas politécnicas públicas podrán crear fuentes complementarias de ingresos para mejorar su capacidad académica, invertir en la investigación y en el otorgamiento de becas y créditos, que no implicarán costo o gravamen alguno para quienes estudian en el tercer nivel. La distribución de estos recursos deberá basarse fundamentalmente en la calidad y otros criterios definidos en la ley.
… (Art. 357)