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Education

Benin
  • English

    The State and public collectivities guarantee the education of children and create conditions favorable to this objective. (Art. 12)

  • French

    L'Etat et les collectivités publiques garantissent l'éducation des enfants et créent les conditions favorables à cette fin. (Art. 12)

Education

Chad
  • English
    The State assures the promotion and the development of general, technical and professional public education. (Art. 39)
  • Arabic
    تكفل الدولة تعزيز وتطوير التعليم الرسمي العام والتقني والمهني. (المادة 39)
  • French
    L'Etat assure la promotion et le développement de l'enseignement public générai, technique et professionnel. (Art. 39)

Education

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  • English
    No Congolese person may, in matters of education … be subject to a discriminatory measure, that results from the law or from an act of the executive, for reason of his religion, of his family origin, of his social condition, of his residence, of his opinion or political convictions, or his belonging to a certain race, to an ethnicity, to a tribe, [or] to a cultural or linguistic minority. (Art. 13)
  • French
    Aucun Congolais ne peut, en matière d’éducation … faire l’objet d’une mesure discriminatoire, qu’elle résulte de la loi ou d’un acte de l’exécutif, en raison de sa religion, de son origine familiale, de sa condition sociale, de sa résidence, de ses opinions ou de ses convictions politiques, de son appartenance à une race, à une ethnie, à une tribu, à une minorité culturelle ou linguistique. (Art. 13)

Education

Eswatini
  • English
    …
    (6) Every Swazi child shall within three years of the commencement of this Constitution have the right to free education in public schools at least up to the end of primary school, beginning with the first grade.
    … (Sec. 29)

Education

Kenya
  • English
    (1) Every child has the right—
    …
    (b) to free and compulsory basic education;
    … (Art. 53)
  • Swahili
    (1) Kila mtoto ana haki—
    …
    (b) ya kupata elimu ya msingi kwa lazima na bila malipo;
    … (Kifungu cha 53)

Education

Morocco
  • English
    …
    Fundamental instruction [enseignement] is a right of the child and an obligation of the family and of the State.
    … (Art. 32)
  • Arabic
    …
    التعليم الأساسي حق للطفل وواجب على الأسرة والدولة.
    … (الفصل 32)

Education

Seychelles
  • English
    The State recognises the right of every citizen to education and with a view to ensuring the effective realization of this right undertakes−
    (a) to provide compulsory education, which shall be free in State schools, for such minimum period, which shall not be less than ten years, as may be prescribed by law;
    (b) to ensure that the educational programmes in all schools are aimed at the complete development of the person;
    (c) to afford, on the basis of intellectual capability, every citizen equal access to educational opportunities and facilities beyond the period of compulsory education;
    …
    (e) to respect the right of parents to choose whether to send their children to a State or private school. (Art. 33)

Education

Tunisia
  • English

    Education [L 'einseignement] is obligatory until the age of sixteen.
    The State guarantees the right to gratuitous public education at all levels. It sees to provide the necessary resources at the service of an education, teaching and training of quality.
    The State also sees to the rooting of the younger generations in their Arab and Islamic identity and their national belonging. It sees to the consolidation of the Arabic language, its promotion and its generalization. It encourages openness to foreign languages and civilizations. It sees to the dissemination of the culture of human rights. (Art. 44)

  • Arabic

    التّعليم إلزاميّ إلى سنّ السّادسة عشرة.
    تضمن الدّولة الحقّ في التّعليم العموميّ المجاني ّبكامل مراحله، وتسعى إلى توفير الإمكانيّات الضّروريّة لتحقيق جودة التّربية والتّعليم والتّكوين. كما تعمل على تأصيل النّاشئة في هويّتها العربيّة الإسلاميّة وانتمائها الوطنيّ وعلى ترسيخ اللّغة العربيّة ودعمها وتعميم استخدامــها والانفتاح على اللّغات الأجنبيّة والحضارات الإنسانيّة ونشر ثقافة حقوق الإنسان. (الفصل 44)

  • French

    L’enseignement est obligatoire jusqu’à l’âge de seize ans.
    L’État garantit le droit à l’enseignement public gratuit à tous ses niveaux. Il veille à fournir les ressources nécessaires au service d’une éducation, d’un enseignement et d’une formation de qualité.
    L’État veille également à l’enracinement des jeunes générations dans leur identité arabe et islamique et leur appartenance nationale. Il veille à la consolidation de la langue arabe, sa promotion et sa généralisation. Il encourage l’ouverture sur les langues étrangères et les civilisations. Il veille à la diffusion de la culture des droits de l’Homme. (Art. 44)

Education

Burkina Faso
  • English

    …
    The law determines the fundamental principles:
    …
    - of education [enseignement] and of scientific research;
    … (Art. 101)

  • French

    …
    La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
    …
    - de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche scientifique;
    … (Art. 101)

Education

Comoros
  • English
    The State guarantees to all citizens the right to instruction, to education, to teaching [enseignement] and to culture. (Art. 29)
  • Arabic
    تضمن الدولة للجميع الحق في التعلم والتعليم والتدريس والثقافة. (المادة 29)
  • French
    L’État garantit à tous les citoyens le droit à l’instruction, à l’éducation, à l’enseignement et à la culture. (Art. 29)