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i. The State shall promote free and compulsory basic education.
ii. The State shall take appropriate measures to afford every citizen equal opportunity to attain the highest educational standard possible.
… (National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, XVIII)

Every citizen has the right to instruction.
Public education is secular.
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The law defines the fundamental principles:
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- of education [enseignement] … (Art. 127)

Education is free.
It is nevertheless subject to the supervision of the public powers, under the conditions established by the law.
All persons have access to establishments of national education, without discrimination of place of origin, of race, of religion, of sex, of political or philosophical opinions, of their physical, mental or sensorial state in accordance with their capacities.
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The public authorities have the duty to promote and to assure, through teaching, education and diffusion, the respect of the rights of man, of the fundamental freedoms and of the duties of the citizens provided by this Constitution.
The public powers have the duty to assure the diffusion and the teaching of the Constitution, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man, the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples, as well as all the duly ratified regional and international conventions concerning the rights of man and to international humanitarian law.
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The law determines in addition the fundamental principles:
– of education;
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The Republic shall, because of the vital role assigned to the individual citizen under this Constitution for the social, economic and political well being of Liberia, provide equal access to educational opportunities and facilities for all citizens to the extent of available resources. Emphasis shall be placed on the mass education of the Liberian people and the elimination of illiteracy. (Art. 6)

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3. The family and the State shall ensure the education of children, bringing them up in the values of national unity, love for the motherland, equality among men and women, respect and social solidarity.
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(1) The Federal Government and Federal Member State governments shall ensure that meetings between the Presidents of the Federal Member States and high ranking officials be held regularly to discuss issues that affect their territories, including:
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(g) Education;
... (Art. 52)

The right to education and to teaching [enseignement] are guaranteed. The State sees to improve [its] quality permanently.
Public education is gratuitous within the conditions established by the law.
Primary and secondary [moyen] education are obligatory. The State organizes the national system of education.
The State sees to the neutrality of the educational institutions and to the preservation of their educational and scientific vocation in order to protect them from any political or ideological influence.
School constitutes the basis of education for citizenship.
The State sees to equal access to education and to professional training. (Art. 65)

1. Everyone shall have the right to education.
2. Education, achieved through school, the family and through other agents, must:
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d) Contribute to the equality of opportunity in accessing material, social and cultural goods;
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3. In order to guarantee the right to education, the State shall specifically have the responsibility:
a) To guarantee the right to equality of opportunities with respect to access and educational success;
b) To promote, encourage and organize pre-school education;
c) To guarantee mandatory, universal and free basic education, the duration of which shall be determined by law;
d) To promote the elimination of illiteracy and to promote permanent education;
e) To promote higher education, taking into consideration the needs within qualified frameworks and the raising of the educational, cultural and scientific level of the country;
f) To create conditions for everyone’s access, according to their abilities, to diverse levels of education, to scientific research and to artistic education and creation;
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