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Education
Ecuador
- English…
Mothers and fathers or their representatives shall be at liberty to choose for their daughters and sons an education that is in line with their principles, beliefs, and pedagogical options. (Art. 29) - Spanish…
Las madres y padres o sus representantes tendrán la libertad de escoger para sus hijas e hijos una educación acorde con sus principios, creencias y opciones pedagógicas. (Art. 29)
Education
Guatemala
- EnglishThe freedom of education and educational [docente] criteria is guaranteed. It is the obligation of the State to provide and facilitate education to its inhabitants without any discrimination whatsoever. … (Art. 71)
- SpanishSe garantiza la libertad de enseñanza y de criterio docente. Es obligación del Estado proporcionar y facilitar educación a sus habitantes sin discriminación alguna. … (Art. 71)
Education
Honduras
- EnglishParents have a preferential right to choose the type of education they wish to give their children. (Art. 152)
- SpanishLos padres tendrán derecho preferente a escoger el tipo de educación que habrán de darles a sus hijos. (Art. 152)
Education
Panama
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Educational institutions, whether public or private, are open to all students without distinction of race, social position, political ideology, religion, or the nature of the relationship of the student's parents or guardians.
… (Art. 94) - Spanish…
Los establecimientos de enseñanza, sean oficiales o particulares, están abiertos a todos los alumnos, sin distinción de raza, posición social, ideas políticas, religión o la naturaleza de la unión de sus progenitores o guardadores.
… (Art. 94)
Education
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- English(1) The Administration3 shall have exclusive responsibility for the administration within the island of Nevis, in accordance with the provisions of any relevant laws, of the following matters:
...
(b) education;
… (Sec. 106)
Education
Argentina
- EnglishCongress is empowered:
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19. … To enact laws referring to the organization and basis of education consolidating national unity and respecting provincial and local characteristics; which ensure the state responsibility that cannot be delegated, family and society participation, the fostering of democratic values and equal opportunities and possibilities with no discrimination whatsoever; and which guarantee the principles of free and equitable State public education as well as the autonomy and autarky of national universities.
… (Sec. 75) - SpanishCorresponde al Congreso:
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19. … Sancionar leyes de organización y de base de la educación que consoliden la unidad nacional respetando las particularidades provinciales y locales; que aseguren la responsabilidad indelegable del Estado, la participación de la familia y la sociedad, la promoción de los valores democráticos y la igualdad de oportunidades y posibilidades sin discriminación alguna; y que garanticen los principios de gratuidad y equidad de la educación pública estatal y la autonomía y autarquía de las universidades nacionales.
… (Art. 75)
Education
Brazil
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The Union, the states, the Federal District and the municipalities, in common, have the power:
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V – to provide the means of access to ... education,
… (Art. 23) - Portuguese
É competência comum da União, dos Estados, do Distrito Federal e dos Municípios:
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V - proporcionar os meios de acesso … à educação,
… (Art. 23)
Education
Costa Rica
- EnglishThe State will provide food and clothing to the indigent pupils, in accordance with the law. (Art. 82)
- SpanishEl Estado proporcionará alimento y vestido a los escolares indigentes, de acuerdo con la ley. (Art. 82)
Education
Ecuador
- EnglishEducation as a public service shall be provided by means of public, mixed public and religious, and private school institutions.
In the schools, social services and psychological support shall be provided free of charge, in the framework of the system of inclusion and social equity. (Art. 345) - SpanishLa educación como servicio público se prestará a través de instituciones públicas, fiscomisionales y particulares.
En los establecimientos educativos se proporcionarán sin costo servicios de carácter social y de apoyo psicológico, en el marco del sistema de inclusión y equidad social. (Art. 345)
Education
Guatemala
- EnglishThe administration of the educational system must be decentralized and regionalized.
In the schools established in regions with a predominantly indigenous population, the education must be provided preferentially in [a] bilingual form. (Art. 76) - SpanishLa administración del Sistema educativo deberá ser descentralizado y regionalizado.
En las escuelas establecidas en zonas de predominante población indígena, la enseñanza deberá impartirse preferentemente en forma bilingüe. (Art. 76)