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Education
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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
- 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
- EnglishThe access to superior studies is open, in full equality, to all. (Art. 32-6)
- FrenchL'accès aux études supérieures est ouvert, en pleine égalité, à tous. (Art. 32.6)
Education
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Education is an indeclinable function of the State. To plan it, to direct it and to organize it[,] corresponds to it.
... (Art. 119) - Spanish
La educación es función indeclinable del Estado. Corresponde a éste planificarla, dirigirla y organizarla.
... (Art. 119)
Education
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It is the duty and right of parents to feed, to educate and to give security to their children.
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Es deber y derecho de los padres alimentar, educar y dar seguridad a sus hijos.
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Education
- English… The father and mother have the shared and inescapable obligation of raising, training, educating, maintaining and caring for their children, and the latter have the duty to provide care when the former are unable to do so by themselves. … (Art. 76)
- Spanish… El padre y la madre tienen el deber compartido e irrenunciable de criar, formar, educar, mantener y asistir a sus hijos e hijas, y éstos tienen el deber de asistirlos cuando aquél o aquella no puedan hacerlo por sí mismos. … (Art. 76)
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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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,
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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,
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Education
- 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
- 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)