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Education
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3 Men and women have equal rights. The law shall ensure their equality, both in law and in practice, most particularly in the family, in education, and in the workplace.
… (Art. 8) - French…
3 L’homme et la femme sont égaux en droit. La loi pourvoit à l’égalité de droit et de fait, en particulier dans les domaines de la famille, de la formation et du travail.
… (Art. 8) - German…
3 Mann und Frau sind gleichberechtigt. Das Gesetz sorgt für ihre rechtliche und tatsächliche Gleichstellung, vor allem in Familie, Ausbildung und Arbeit.
… (Art. 8) - Italian…
3 Uomo e donna hanno uguali diritti. La legge ne assicura l’uguaglianza, di diritto e di fatto, in particolare per quanto concerne la famiglia, l’istruzione e il lavoro.
… (Art. 8)
Education
- EnglishAll persons have a right to education. (Art. 30)
Education
- EnglishThe State shall adopt effective measures for the purpose of –
(a) establishing a uniform, mass oriented and universal system of education and extending free and compulsory education to all children to such stage as may be determined by law;
(b) relating education to the needs of society and producing properly trained and motivated citizens to serve those needs;
(c) removing illiteracy within such time as may be determined by law. (Art. 17) - Bengaliরাষ্ট্র
(ক) একই পদ্ধতির গণমুখী ও সার্বজনীন শিক্ষাব্যবস্থা প্রতিষ্ঠার জন্য এবং আইনের দ্বারা নির্ধারিত স্তর পর্যন্ত সকল বালক-বালিকাকে অবৈতনিক ও বাধ্যতামূলক শিক্ষাদানের জন্য;
(খ) সমাজের প্রয়োজনের সহিত শিক্ষাকে সঙ্গতিপূর্ণ করিবার জন্য এবং সেই প্রয়োজন সিদ্ধ করিবার উদ্দেশ্যে যথাযথ প্রশিক্ষণপ্রাপ্ত ও সদিচ্ছাপ্রণোদিত নাগরিক সৃষ্টির জন্য;
(গ) আইনের দ্বারা নির্ধারিত সময়ের মধ্যে নিরক্ষরতা দূর করিবার জন্য;
কার্যকর ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণ করিবেন৷ (অনুচ্ছেদ ১৭)
Education
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The State attends on implementing national education policy in order to build good citizens with competence, knowledge, abilities and technical skills.
The State and society attend to developing high quality national education, to create opportunities and [favourable] conditions in education for all people throughout the country, especially people in remote areas, ethnic groups, women, children, disadvantage person and disable person.
… (Art. 22) - Lao
ລັດ ເອົາໃຈໃສ່ປະຕິບັດນະໂຍບາຍການສຶກສາແຫ່ງຊາດ ເພື່ອສ້າງຄົນລາວໃຫ້ເປັນ ພົນລະເມືອງດີ, ມີຄຸນສົມບັດ, ມີຄວາມຮູ້, ຄວາມສາມາດ ແລະ ມີວິຊາຊີບ.
ລັດ ແລະ ທົ່ວສັງຄົມ ຕັ້ງໜ້າພັດທະນາການສຶກສາແຫ່ງຊາດ ໃຫ້ມີຄຸນນະພາບ, ສ້າງໂອກາດແລະ ເງື່ອນໄຂໃຫ້ປະຊາຊົນ ໄດ້ຮັບການສຶກສາຢ່າງທົ່ວເຖິງ ໂດຍສະເພາະ ປະຊາຊົນທີ່ຢູ່ເຂດຫ່າງໄກສອກຫຼີກ, ຊົນເຜົ່າ, ແມ່ຍິງ, ເດັກນ້ອຍ, ຜູ້ດ້ອຍໂອກາດ ແລະ ຜູ້ພິການ.
… (ມາດຕາ. 22) (ປັບປຸງ)
Education
- EnglishWE HEREBY DECLARE that all persons in our country have the following basic obligations to themselves and their descendants, to each other, and to the Nation:-
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(h) in the case of parents, to support, assist and educate their children (whether born in or out of wedlock), and in particular to give them a true understanding of their basic rights and obligations and of the National Goals and Directive Principles;
… (Preamble, Basic Social Obligations)
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
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– Education is a right for every citizen. Its objective is to build the Omani character, preserve the national identity, inculcate the scientific method in thinking, develop talents, encourage innovation, consolidate civilised and spiritual values, and anchor the notions of citizenship, tolerance, and harmony.
– Education is compulsory throughout the primary education level. The state shall encourage the establishment of private schools and institutes under the supervision of the state in accordance with the provisions of the law.
– The state shall endeavour to combat illiteracy.
– The state shall ... facilitate admission to higher education equally for all on the basis of competency and merit, encourage the establishment of private and community universities, and guarantee that the quality of education in those universities is in line with international quality standards.
... (Art. 16) - Arabic
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– التعليم حق لكل مواطن، هدفه بناء الشخصية العمانية، والحفاظ على الهوية الوطنية، وتأصيل المنهج العلمي في التفكير، وتنمية المواهب، وتشجيع الابتكار، وترسيخ القيم الحضارية والروحية، وإرساء مفاهيم المواطنة والتسامح والتآلف.
– التعليم إلزامي حتى نهاية مرحلة التعليم الأساسي، وتشجع الدولة إنشاء المدارس والمعاهد الخاصة بإشراف من الدولة، وفقا لأحكام القانون.
– وتعمل الدولة على مكافحة الأمية.
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– الدولة ... وتيسير القبول للتعليم العالي أمام الجميع على قدم المساواة على أساس الكفاءة والجدارة، والعمل على تشجيع إنشاء الجامعات الخاصة، والأهلية، وتضمن الدولة جودة التعليم في تلك الجامعات بما يتفق ومعايير الجودة العالمية.
… (المادّة ١٦)
Education
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… The parents have the natural right and the duty to raise and to educate their children. … (Art. 23)
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… Les parents ont le droit naturel et le devoir d’élever et d’éduquer leurs enfants. … (Art. 23)
Education
- EnglishIn and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education, subject and according to the following Provisions:
(1) Nothing in any such Law shall prejudicially affect any Right or Privilege with respect to Denominational Schools which any Class of Persons have by Law in the Province at the Union;
… (Constitution Act 1867, Sec. 93) - FrenchDans chaque province, la législature pourra exclusivement décréter des lois relatives à l’éducation, sujettes et conformes aux dispositions suivantes:
(1) Rien dans ces lois ne devra préjudicier à aucun droit ou privilège conféré, lors de l’union, par la loi à aucune classe particulière de personnes dans la province, relativement aux écoles séparées (denominational);
… (Loi constitutionnelle de 1867, Sec. 93)
Education
- EnglishThe preschool, basic general and diversified education are obligatory and, in the public system, [are] gratuitous and financed [costeada] by the Nation.
For the State education, superior [education] included, the public expenditure will not be inferior to the annual eight percent (8%) of the gross domestic product, in accordance with the law, without prejudice to that established in Articles 84 and 85 of this Constitution.
The State will facilitate the technological access to all the levels of education, as well as the pursuit of superior studies to those without pecuniary resources. The conferral of the scholarships and the aids [auxilios] will be in charge of the Ministry of the branch, through the organ that the law determines. (Art. 78) - SpanishLa educación preescolar, general básica y diversificada son obligatorias y, en el sistema público, gratuitas y costeadas por la Nación.
En la educación estatal, incluida la superior, el gasto público no será inferior al ocho por ciento (8%) anual del producto interno bruto, de acuerdo con la ley, sin perjuicio de lo establecido en los artículos 84 y 85 de esta Constitución.
El Estado facilitará el acceso tecnológico a todos los niveles de la educación, así como la prosecución de estudios superiores a quienes carezcan de recursos pecuniarios. La adjudicación de las becas y los auxilios estará a cargo del Ministerio del ramo, por medio del organismo que determine la ley. (Art. 78)