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Education
Portugal
- English1. Everyone has the right to education, with the guarantee of the right to equal opportunities in access to and success in schooling.
2. In implementing the education policy, the state is charged with:
a) Ensuring universal, compulsory and free basic education;
b) Creating a public, and developing the general, preschool education system;
c) Guaranteeing permanent education and eliminating illiteracy;
d) In accordance with his capabilities, guaranteeing every citizen access to the highest levels of education, scientific research and artistic creation;
e) Progressively making all levels of education free of charge;
f) Inserting schools into the communities they serve and establishing links between education and economic, social and cultural activities;
... (Art. 74) - Portuguese1. Todos têm direito ao ensino com garantia do direito à igualdade de oportunidades de acesso e êxito escolar.
2. Na realização da política de ensino incumbe ao Estado:
a) Assegurar o ensino básico universal, obrigatório e gratuito;
b) Criar um sistema público e desenvolver o sistema geral de educação pré-escolar;
c) Garantir a educação permanente e eliminar o analfabetismo;
d) Garantir a todos os cidadãos, segundo as suas capacidades, o acesso aos graus mais elevados do ensino, da investigação científica e da criação artística;
e) Estabelecer progressivamente a gratuitidade de todos os graus de ensino;
f) Inserir as escolas nas comunidades que servem e estabelecer a interligação do ensino e das actividades económicas, sociais e culturais;
... (Art. 74)
Education
Brazil
- English
The Union has the exclusive power to legislate on:
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XXIV – directives and bases of the national education;
… (Art. 22) - Portuguese
Compete privativamente à União legislar sobre:
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XXIV - diretrizes e bases da educação nacional;
… (Art. 22)
Education
Iraq
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Second: Children have the right to upbringing, care and education from their parents.
… (Art. 29) - Arabic…
ثانياً :ـ للأولاد حقٌ على والديهم في التربية والرعاية والتعليم
(المادة 29) …
Education
Slovenia
- EnglishParents have the right and duty to maintain, educate, and raise their children. This right and duty may be revoked or restricted only for such reasons as are provided by law in order to protect the child's interests.
... (Art. 54) - SloveneStarši imajo pravico in dolžnost vzdrževati, izobraževati in vzgajati svoje otroke. Ta pravica in dolžnost se staršem lahko odvzame ali omeji samo iz razlogov, ki jih zaradi varovanja otrokovih koristi določa zakon.
... (54. Člen)
Education
Costa Rica
- EnglishThe preschool, basic general and diversified education are obligatory and, in the public system, [are] gratuitous and financed [costeada] by the Nation.
For the State education, superior [education] included, the public expenditure will not be inferior to the annual eight percent (8%) of the gross domestic product, in accordance with the law, without prejudice to that established in Articles 84 and 85 of this Constitution.
The State will facilitate the technological access to all the levels of education, as well as the pursuit of superior studies to those without pecuniary resources. The conferral of the scholarships and the aids [auxilios] will be in charge of the Ministry of the branch, through the organ that the law determines. (Art. 78) - SpanishLa educación preescolar, general básica y diversificada son obligatorias y, en el sistema público, gratuitas y costeadas por la Nación.
En la educación estatal, incluida la superior, el gasto público no será inferior al ocho por ciento (8%) anual del producto interno bruto, de acuerdo con la ley, sin perjuicio de lo establecido en los artículos 84 y 85 de esta Constitución.
El Estado facilitará el acceso tecnológico a todos los niveles de la educación, así como la prosecución de estudios superiores a quienes carezcan de recursos pecuniarios. La adjudicación de las becas y los auxilios estará a cargo del Ministerio del ramo, por medio del organismo que determine la ley. (Art. 78)
Education
Kuwait
- EnglishIn conformity with the Law and with in the limits of public order and morals, education for Kuwaitis is a right guaranteed by the State. In compliance with the Law, education is compulsory and gratis in its first stages.
The Law shall lay down the necessary plans to eradicate illiteracy. ... (Art 40) - Arabicالتعليم حق للكويتيين ، تكفله الدولة وفقاً للقانون وفي حدود النظام العام والآداب ، والتعليم إلزامي مجاني في مراحله الأولى وفقاً للقانون.
ويضع القانون الخطة اللازمة للقضاء على الأمية. ... (المادّة 40)
Education
New Zealand
- English(1) An educational establishment maintained wholly or principally for students of one sex, race, or religious belief, or for students with a particular disability, or for students in a particular age group, or the authority responsible for the control of any such establishment, does not commit a breach of section 57 by refusing to admit students of a different sex, race, or religious belief, or students not having that disability or not being in that age group.
… (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 58)
Education
Ecuador
- EnglishThe national education system shall be comprised of the institutions, programs, policies, resources and players of the education process, as well as actions at the initial, basic, and secondary levels of education and shall be articulated with the higher education system.
… (Art. 344) - SpanishEl sistema nacional de educación comprenderá las instituciones, programas, políticas, recursos y actores del proceso educativo, así como acciones en los niveles de educación inicial, básica y bachillerato, y estará articulado con el sistema de educación superior.
… (Art. 344)
Education
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee the funding of public institutions of higher education. Public universities and polytechnic schools can create supplementary sources of revenue to improve their academic capabilities, invest in research and granting scholarships and bans, which shall not entail any cost or charge for those who attend third-level education [post-secondary undergraduate schooling]. The distribution of these resources shall be based essentially on quality and other criteria set by law.
… (Art. 357) - SpanishEl Estado garantizará el financiamiento de las instituciones públicas de educación superior. Las universidades y escuelas politécnicas públicas podrán crear fuentes complementarias de ingresos para mejorar su capacidad académica, invertir en la investigación y en el otorgamiento de becas y créditos, que no implicarán costo o gravamen alguno para quienes estudian en el tercer nivel. La distribución de estos recursos deberá basarse fundamentalmente en la calidad y otros criterios definidos en la ley.
… (Art. 357)
Education
Pakistan
- English(1) No person attending any educational institution shall be required to receive religious instruction, or take part in any religious ceremony, or attend religious worship, if such instruction, ceremony or worship relates to a religion other than his own.
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(3) Subject to law,
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(b) no citizen shall be denied admission to any educational institution receiving aid from public revenues on the ground only of race, religion, caste or place of birth.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall prevent any public authority from making provision for the advancement of any socially or educationally backward class of citizens. (Art. 22) - Urdu(ا) کسی تعلیمی ادارے میں تعلیم پانے والے کسی شخص کو مذہبی تعلیم حاصل کرنے یا کسی مذہبی تقریب میں حصہ لینے یا مذہبی عبادت میں شرکت کرنے پر مجبور نہیں کیا جائے گا، اگر ایسی تعلیم، تقریب یا عبادت کا تعلق اس کےاپنے مذہب کے علاوہ کسی اور مذہب سے ہو۔
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(٣) قانون کے تابع۔۔
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(ب) کسی شہری کو محض نسل، مذہب، ذات یا مقام پیدائش کی بناء پر کسی ایسے تعلیمی ادارے میں داخل ہونے سے محروم نہیں کیا جائے گا جسے سرکاری محاصل سے امداد ملتی ہو۔
(٤) اس آرٹیکل میں مذکور کوئی امر معاشرتی یا تعلیمی اعتبار سے پسماندہ شہریوں کی ترقی کے لئے کسی سرکاری ہییت مجاز کی طرف سے اہتمام کرنے میں مانع نہ ہو گا۔(آرٹیکل ۲۲)