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Education
- English1. The regime governing access to university and the other higher education institutions shall guarantee equal opportunities in and the democratisation of the education system, and must have due regard to the country's needs for qualified staff and to raising its educational, cultural and scientific level.
… (Art. 76) - Portuguese1. O regime de acesso à Universidade e às demais instituições do ensino superior garante a igualdade de oportunidades e a democratização do sistema de ensino, devendo ter em conta as necessidades em quadros qualificados e a elevação do nível educativo, cultural e científico do país.
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Education
- EnglishParents have the right and duty to raise, educate and protect their children. ...
The State and the other public collectivities, through their public policies and their actions, see to the promotion and to the access to a quality, gratuitous and public education. (Art. 23) - FrenchLes parents ont le droit et le devoir d'élever, d'éduquer et de protéger leurs enfants. …
L'Etat et les autres collectivités publiques veillent, par leurs politiques publiques et leurs actions, à la promotion et à l'accès à un enseignement public, gratuit et de qualité. (Art. 23)
Education
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Education [Educación] has as its objective the full development of the human person. The State recognizes and guarantees the freedom of education [enseñanza]. The parents have the duty to educate their children and the right to choose their centers of education and to participate in the educational process. (Art. 13)
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La educación tiene como finalidad el desarrollo integral de la persona humana. El Estado reconoce y garantiza la libertad de enseñanza. Los padres de familia tienen el deber de educar a sus hijos y el derecho de escoger los centros de educación y de participar en el proceso educativo. (Art. 13)
Education
- EnglishThe following competencies shall be shared between the federal authorities and regional authorities:
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Sixth: To formulate the public educational and instructional policy, in consultation with the regions and governorates that are not organized in a region.
… (Art. 114) - Arabicتكون الاختصاصات الآتية مشتركةً بين السلطات الاتحادية وسلطات الاقاليم:
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سادساً :ـ رسم السياسة التعليمية والتربوية العامة بالتشاور مع الاقاليم والمحافظات غير المنتظمة في إقليم.
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Education
- English(1) Everyone has the right to education. …
(2) Education shall aim at the full development of human personality with due respect for the democratic principles of coexistence and for basic rights and freedoms.
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(4) Elementary education is compulsory and free.
(5) The public authorities guarantee the right of all to education, through general education programming, with the effective participation of all sectors concerned and the setting-up of educational centres.
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(8) The public authorities shall inspect and standardise the educational system in order to ensure compliance with the law.
... (Sec. 27) - Spanish1. Todos tienen el derecho a la educación. …
2. La educación tendrá por objeto el pleno desarrollo de la personalidad humana en el respeto a los principios democráticos de convivencia y a los derechos y libertades fundamentales.
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4. La enseñanza básica es obligatoria y gratuita.
5. Los poderes públicos garantizan el derecho de todos a la educación, mediante una programación general de la enseñanza, con participación efectiva de todos los sectores afectados y la creación de centros docentes.
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8. Los poderes públicos inspeccionarán y homologarán el sistema educativo para garantizar el cumplimiento de las leyes.
... (Art. 27)
Education
- English1. Education is a right for every citizen and all levels of government shall provide access to education without discrimination as to religion, race, ethnicity, health status including HIV/AIDS, gender or disability.
2. All levels of government shall promote education at all levels and shall ensure free and compulsory education at the primary level; they shall also provide free illiteracy eradication programmes. (Art. 29)
Education
- EnglishEducation is a human right and a fundamental social duty; it is democratic, free of charge and obligatory. The State assumes responsibility for it as an irrevocable function of the greatest interest, at all levels and in all modes, as an instrument of scientific, humanistic and technical knowledge at the service of society. Education, is a public service, and is grounded on the respect for all currents of thought, to the end of developing the creative potential of every human being and the full exercise of his or her personality in a democratic society based on the work ethic value and on active, conscious and joint participation in the processes of social transformation embodied in the values which are part of the national identity, and with a Latin American and universal vision. The State, with the participation of families and society, promotes the process of civic education in accordance with the principles contained in this Constitution and in the laws. (Art. 102)
- SpanishLa educación es un derecho humano y un deber social fundamental, es democrática, gratuita y obligatoria. El Estado la asumirá como función indeclinable y de máximo interés en todos sus niveles y modalidades, y como instrumento del conocimiento científico, humanístico y tecnológico al servicio de la sociedad. La educación es un servicio público y está fundamentada en el respeto a todas las corrientes del pensamiento, con la finalidad de desarrollar el potencial creativo de cada ser humano y el pleno ejercicio de su personalidad en una sociedad democrática basada en la valoración ética del trabajo y en la participación activa, consciente y solidaria en los procesos de transformación social consustanciados con los valores de la identidad nacional, y con una visión latinoamericana y universal. El Estado, con la participación de las familias y la sociedad, promoverá el proceso de educación ciudadana de acuerdo con los principios contenidos de esta Constitución y en la ley. (Art. 102)
Education
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4. The state shall ensure the maintenance, upbringing and education to child orphans and children deprived of parental care.
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4. Государство обеспечивает содержание, воспитание, обучение детей-сирот и детей, лишенных родительского попечения.
... (Статья 36) - Kyrgyz…
4. Мамлекет жетим балдарды жана ата-энесинин камкордугунан ажыраган балдарды багууну, тарбиялоону, окутууну камсыз кылат.
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Education
- English(1) It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) to make a request of any other person for sexual intercourse, sexual contact, or other form of sexual activity which contains an implied or overt promise of preferential treatment or an implied or overt threat of detrimental treatment.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) by the use of language (whether written or spoken) of a sexual nature, or of visual material of a sexual nature, or by physical behaviour of a sexual nature, to subject any other person to behaviour that—
(a) is unwelcome or offensive to that person (whether or not that is conveyed to the first-mentioned person); and
(b) is either repeated, or of such a significant nature, that it has a detrimental effect on that person in respect of any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3).
(3) The areas to which subsections (1) and (2) apply are—
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(j) education.
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(4) Where a person complains of sexual harassment, no account shall be taken of any evidence of the person’s sexual experience or reputation. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 62)
Education
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2. A child is entitled to basic education which shall be the responsibility of the State and the parents of the child.
… (Art. 34)