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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
- EnglishEducation is a right of the person and a public service that has a social function: access to knowledge, to science, to technology, and the other benefits and valuesof culture are sought [by means] of it.
Education shall train the Colombian in the respect for human rights, peace and democracy; and in the practice of work and recreation for the cultural, scientific, and technological improvement and in the protection of the environment.
The State, society, and the family are responsible for education, which will be obligatory between five and fifteen years of age and which shall include at least one year of preschool and nine [years] of basic education.
Education will be gratuitous in the institutions of the State, without prejudice to charging for academic rights to those who can defray them.
It corresponds to the State to regulate and execute the supreme inspection and supervision of education in order to see to its quality, the fulfillment of its purposes, and for the better moral, intellectual, and physical training of those being educated; to guarantee an adequate coverage of the service, and to assure to minors the conditions necessary for their access and continuation [permanencia] in the educative system.
The Nation and the territorial entities shall participate in the management, financing, and administration of the State educational services, within the limits specified in the Constitution and the law. (Art. 67) - SpanishLa educación es un derecho de la persona y un servicio público que tiene una función social; con ella se busca el acceso al conocimiento, a la ciencia, a la técnica, y a los demás bienes y valores de la cultura.
La educación formará al colombiano en el respeto a los derechos humanos, a la paz y a la democracia; y en la práctica del trabajo y la recreación, para el mejoramiento cultural, científico, tecnológico y para la protección del ambiente.
El Estado, la sociedad y la familia son responsables de la educación, que será obligatoria entre los cinco y los quince años de edad y que comprenderá como mínimo, un año de preescolar y nueve de educación básica.
La educación será gratuita en las instituciones del Estado, sin perjuicio del cobro de derechos académicos a quienes puedan sufragarlos.
Corresponde al Estado regular y ejercer la suprema inspección y vigilancia de la educación con el fin de velar por su calidad, por el cumplimiento de sus fines y por la mejor formación moral, intelectual y física de los educandos; garantizar el adecuado cubrimiento del servicio y asegurar a los menores las condiciones necesarias para su acceso y permanencia en el sistema educativo.
La Nación y las entidades territoriales participarán en la dirección, financiación y administración de los servicios educativos estatales, en los términos que señalen la Constitución y la ley. (Art. 67)
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.
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Education
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The central State shall have exclusive jurisdiction over:
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6. Policies on education,
… (Art. 261)3 - Spanish
El Estado central tendrá competencias exclusivas sobre:
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6. Las políticas de educación,
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Education
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1. Everyone has the right to education.
2. basic general education is compulsory.
3. Everyone has the right to receive free pre-school, basic general, secondary general and primary vocational education in state educational organisations.
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5. The state creates equal conditions for the development of state, municipal, private and other forms of educational institutions.
… (Art. 46) - Russian
1. Каждый имеет право на образование.
2. Основное общее образование обязательно.
3. Каждый имеет право бесплатно получить дошкольное, основное общее, среднее общее и начальное профессиональное образование в государственных образовательных организациях.
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5. Государство создает равные условия для развития государственных, муниципальных, частных и других форм учебных заведений.
... (Статья 46) - Kyrgyz
1. Ар бир адам билим алууга укуктуу.
2. Негизги жалпы билим алуу милдеттүү.
3. Ар бир адам мамлекеттик билим берүү уюмдарында мектепке чейинки, жалпы негизги, орто жалпы жана баштапкы кесиптик билимди акысыз алууга укуктуу.
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5. Мамлекет мамлекеттик, муниципалдык, жеке менчик жана башка формадагы окуу жайларын өнүктүрүү үчүн бирдей шарттарды түзөт.
… (46-берене)
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
- EnglishThe family is the source of the education and the parents are entitled to choose what is to be taught [impartirse] to their minor children. The State may subsidize the gratuitous private educational centers and the law will regulate what is relative to this matter.
… (Art. 73) - SpanishLa familia es fuente de la educación y los padres tienen derecho a escoger la que ha de impartirse a sus hijos menores. El Estado podrá subvencionar a los centros educativos privados gratuitos y la ley regulará lo relativo a esta materia.
… (Art. 73)