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Education
Namibia
- English(1) All persons shall have the right to education.
(2) Primary education shall be compulsory and the State shall provide reasonable facilities to render effective this right for every resident within Namibia, by establishing and maintaining State schools at which primary education will be provided free of charge.
(3) Children shall not be allowed to leave school until they have completed their primary education or have attained the age of sixteen (16) years, whichever is the sooner, save in so far as this may be authorised by Act of Parliament on grounds of health or other considerations pertaining to the public interest.
… (Art. 20)
Education
Peru
- English
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It is the duty and right of parents to feed, to educate and to give security to their children.
… (Art. 6) - Spanish
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Es deber y derecho de los padres alimentar, educar y dar seguridad a sus hijos.
… (Art. 6)
Education
Belgium
- English§ 1. Education is free; any preventive measure is forbidden; the punishment of offences is regulated only by the law or federate law.
The community offers free choice to parents.
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§ 3. Everyone has the right to education with the respect of fundamental rights and freedoms. Access to education is free until the end of compulsory education.
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§ 4. All pupils or students, parents, teaching staff or institutions are equal before the law or federate law. The law and federate law take into account objective differences, in particular the characteristics of each organising authority that warrant appropriate treatment.
§ 5. The organisation, the recognition and the subsidising of education by the community are regulated by the law or federate law. (Art. 24) - Dutch§ 1. Het onderwijs is vrij; elke preventieve maatregel is verboden; de bestraffingvan de misdrijven wordt alleen door de wet of het decreet geregeld.
De gemeenschap waarborgt de keuzevrijheid van de ouders.
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§ 3. Ieder heeft recht op onderwijs, met eerbiediging van de fundamentele rechten en vrijheden. De toegang tot het onderwijs is kosteloos tot het einde van de leerplicht.
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§ 4. Alle leerlingen of studenten, ouders, personeelsleden en onderwijsinstellingen zijn gelijk voor de wet of het decreet. De wet en het decreet houden rekening met objectieve verschillen, waaronder de eigen karakteristieken van iedere inrichtende macht, die een aangepaste behandeling verantwoorden.
§ 5. De inrichting, erkenning of subsidiëring van het onderwijs door de gemeenschap wordt geregeld door de wet of het decreet. (Art. 24) - French§ 1er. L’enseignement est libre; toute mesure préventive est interdite; la répression des délits n’est réglée que par la loi ou le décret.
La communauté assure le libre choix des parents.
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§ 3. Chacun a droit à l’enseignement dans le respect des libertés et droits fondamentaux. L’accès à l’enseignement est gratuit jusqu’à la fin de l’obligation scolaire.
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§ 4. Tous les élèves ou étudiants, parents, membres du personnel et établissements d’enseignement sont égaux devant la loi ou le décret. La loi et le décret prennent en compte les différences objectives, notamment les caractéristiques propres à chaque pouvoir organisateur, qui justifient un traitement approprié.
§ 5. L’organisation, la reconnaissance ou le subventionnement de l’enseignement par la communauté sont réglés par la loi ou le décret. (Art. 24) - German§ 1 – Das Unterrichtswesen ist frei; jede präventive Maßnahme ist verboten; die Ahndung der Delikte wird nur durch Gesetz oder Dekret geregelt.
Die Gemeinschaft gewährleistet die Wahlfreiheit der Eltern.
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§ 3 – Jeder hat ein Recht auf Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der Grundfreiheiten und Grundrechte. Der Zugang zum Unterricht ist unentgeltlich bis zum Ende der Schulpflicht.
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§ 4 – Alle Schüler oder Studenten, Eltern, Personalmitglieder und Unterrichtsanstalten sind vor dem Gesetz oder dem Dekret gleich. Das Gesetz und das Dekret berücksichtigen die objektiven Unterschiede, insbesondere die jedem Organisationsträger eigenen Merkmale, die eine angepasste Behandlung rechtfertigen.
§ 5 – Die Organisation, die Anerkennung oder die Bezuschussung des Unterrichtswesens durch die Gemeinschaft wird durch Gesetz oder Dekret geregelt. (Art. 24)
Education
Egypt
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee the independence of universities and scientific and linguistic academies, and provide university education in accordance with international quality standards. It shall develop and ensure free provision of, university education in State universities and institutes according to the Law.
The State shall allocate a percentage of government spending to university education equivalent to at least 2% of the Gross National Product (GNP), which shall gradually increase to comply with international standards.
… (Art. 21) - Arabicتكفل الدولة استقلال الجامعات والمجامع العلمية واللغوية، وتوفير التعليم الجامعي وفقاً لمعايير الجودة العالمية، وتعمل على تطوير التعليم الجامعى وتكفل مجانيته فى جامعات الدولة ومعاهدها، وفقا للقانون.
وتلتزم الدولة بتخصيص نسبة من الإنفاق الحكومى للتعليم الجامعى لا تقل عن 2% من الناتج القومى الإجمالى تتصاعد تدريجيا حتى تتفق مع المعدلات العالمية.
… (المادّة 21)
Education
South Africa
- English(1) Everyone has the right-
(a) to a basic education, including adult basic education; and
(b) to further education, which the state, through reasonable measures, must make progressively available and accessible.
(2) Everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or languages of their choice in public educational institutions where that education is reasonably practicable. In order to ensure the effective access to, and implementation of, this right, the state must consider all reasonable educational alternatives, including single medium institutions, taking into account-
(a) equity;
(b) practicability; and
(c) the need to redress the results of past racially discriminatory laws and practices. (Sec. 29)
Education
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- 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
Ireland
- English1 The State acknowledges that the primary and natural educator of the child is the Family and guarantees to respect the inalienable right and duty of parents to provide, according to their means, for the religious and moral, intellectual, physical and social education of their children.
2 Parents shall be free to provide this education in their homes or in private schools or in schools recognised or established by the State.
3 1° The State shall not oblige parents in violation of their conscience and lawful preference to send their children to schools established by the State, or to any particular type of school designated by the State.
2° The State shall, however, as guardian of the common good, require in view of actual conditions that the children receive a certain minimum education, moral, intellectual and social.
4 The State shall provide for free primary education and shall endeavour to supplement and give reasonable aid to private and corporate educational initiative, and, when the public good requires it, provide other educational facilities or institutions with due regard, however, for the rights of parents, especially in the matter of religious and moral formation. (Art. 42) - Irish Gaelic1 Admhaíonn an Stát gurb é an Teaghlach is múinteoir príomha dúchasach don leanbh, agus ráthaíonn gan cur isteach ar cheart doshannta ná ar dhualgas doshannta tuistí chun oideachas de réir a n-acmhainne a chur ar fáil dá gclainn i gcúrsaí creidimh, moráltachta, intleachta, coirp agus comhdhaonnachta.
2 Tig le tuistí an t-oideachas sin a chur ar fáil dá gclainn ag baile nó i scoileanna príobháideacha nó i scoileanna a admhaítear nó a bhunaítear ag an Stát.
3 1° Ní cead don Stát a chur d’fhiacha ar thuistí, in aghaidh a gcoinsiasa nó a rogha dleathaí, a gclann a chur ar scoileanna a bhunaítear ag an Stát nó ar aon chineál áirithe scoile a ainmnítear ag an Stát.
2° Ach ós é an Stát caomhnóir leasa an phobail ní foláir dó, toisc cor an lae, é a dhéanamh éigeantach minimum áirithe oideachais a thabhairt do na leanaí i gcúrsaí moráltachta, intleachta agus comhdhaonnachta.
4 Ní foláir don Stát socrú a dhéanamh chun bunoideachas a bheith ar fáil in aisce, agus iarracht a dhéanamh chun cabhrú go réasúnta agus chun cur le tionscnamh oideachais idir phríobháideach agus chumannta agus, nuair is riachtanas chun leasa an phobail é, áiseanna nó fundúireachtaí eile oideachais a chur ar fáil, ag féachaint go cuí, áfach, do chearta tuistí, go mór mór maidir le múnlú na haigne i gcúrsaí creidimh is moráltachta. (Airteagal 42)
Education
Guinea
- English…
The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of teaching [enseignement] and of the scientific research;
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- de l'enseignement et de la recherche scientifique ;
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Education
Uganda
- EnglishAll persons have a right to education. (Art. 30)
Education
Bangladesh
- English...
(3) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth be subjected to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to access to any place of public entertainment or resort, or admission to any educational institution.
... (Art. 28) - Bengali…
(৩) কেবল ধর্ম, গোষ্ঠী, বর্ণ, নারী পুরুষভেদ বা জন্মস্থানের কারণে জনসাধারণের কোন বিনোদন বা বিশ্রামের স্থানে প্রবেশের কিংবা কোন শিক্ষা-প্রতিষ্ঠানে ভর্তির বিষয়ে কোন নাগরিককে কোনরূপ অক্ষমতা, বাধ্যবাধকতা, বাধা বা শর্তের অধীন করা যাইবে না।
… (অনুচ্ছেদ ২৮)