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Education
- EnglishEducation is a right of all people and the responsibility of the State, which guarantees free, accessible, and quality education services to its citizens for their holistic development, from preschool until the postgraduate level.
The State, in order to effectuate this right, establishes a broad system of educational institutions of all types and education levels, which allows the possibility of attending school during any stage of life according to one's aptitudes and the country's social demands and socioeconomic development needs.
Society and families have the responsibility of education.
The law defines the scope of the obligatory nature of attending school; the basic general preparation that must be minimally acquired; the education of adults and those whose postgraduate or other complementary studies may extraordinarily be remunerated. (Art. 73) - SpanishLa educación es un derecho de todas las personas y responsabilidad del Estado, que garantiza servicios de educación gratuitos, asequibles y de calidad para la formación integral, desde la primera infancia hasta la enseñanza universitaria de posgrado.
El Estado, para hacer efectivo este derecho, establece un amplio sistema de instituciones educacionales en todos los tipos y niveles educativos, que brinda la posibilidad de estudiar en cualquier etapa de la vida de acuerdo a las aptitudes, las exigencias sociales y a las necesidades del desarrollo económico-social del país.
En la educación tienen responsabilidad la sociedad y las familias.
La ley define el alcance de la obligatoriedad de estudiar, la preparación general básica que, como mínimo, debe adquirirse; la educación de las personas adultas y aquellos estudios de posgrado u otros complementarios que excepcionalmente pueden ser remunerados. (Art. 73)
Education
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(1) All educational institutions shall include the study of the Constitution as part of the curricula.
(2) They shall inculcate … respect for human rights, … teach the rights and duties of citizenship,
… (Art. XIV, Sec. 3) - Filipino
(1) Dapat maging bahagi ng kurikula ang pag-aaral ng Konstitusyon sa lahat ng mga institusyong pang-edukasyon.(2) Dapat nilang ikintal ang, ... paggalang sa mga karapatang pantao, ... ituro ang mga karapatan at mga tungkulin ng pagkamamamayan,
… (Art. XIV, Seksyon 3)
Education
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Every citizen has the right to instruction.
Public education is secular.
… (Art. 27) - French
Tout citoyen a le droit à l'instruction.
L'enseignement public est laïc.
… (Art. 27)
Education
- 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
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to education. The basic general education shall be compulsory. The state shall guarantee the free of charge general basic compulsory education in the state educational establishments.
Everyone shall get free of charge general vocational, primary specialized, vocational specialized and higher specialized education in the state educational establishments, within the framework determined by law.
Other forms of education shall be determined by law. (Art. 41) - RussianКаждый имеет право на образование. Общее основное образование обязательно. Государство гарантирует общее основное обязательное бесплатное образование в государственных учебных заведениях.
Каждый, в рамках, определенных законом, может получить бесплатное общее среднее, начальное профессиональное, среднее профессиональное и высшее профессиональное образование в государственных учебных заведениях.
Другие формы получения образования определяются законом. (Статья 41) - TajikҲар шахс ҳуқуқи таҳсил дорад. Таълими умумии асосӣ ҳатмист. Давлат таълими умумии асосии ҳатмии ройгонро дар муассисаҳои таълимии давлатӣ кафолат медиҳад.
Шахс дар доираи муқаррарнамудаи қонун дар муассисаҳои таълимии давлатӣ метавонад ба таври ройгон таълими миёнаи умумӣ, ибтидоии касбӣ, миёнаи касбӣ ва олии касбӣ гирад.
Шаклҳои дигари таълимро қонун муайян мекунад. (Моддаи 41)
Education
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The law defines the fundamental principles:
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- of education [enseignement] … (Art. 127) - Arabic...
يحدد القانون المبادئ الأساسية:
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للتعليم... (المادة 127) - French…
La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- de l'enseignement … (Art. 127)
Education
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(2) Every woman is entitled to equal access with men to academic, vocational and professional training, equal opportunities in employment, remuneration and promotion and in social, political and cultural activity. (Art. 149F)
Education
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1. Everyone has the right to education.
2. Mandatory school education is determined by law.
3. Public general high school education is open for all.
4. Professional high school education and higher education may be conditioned only on aptitude criteria.
5. Mandatory education and general high school education in public schools are free.
... (Art. 57) - Albanian
1. Kushdo ka të drejtën për arsimim.
2. Arsimi shkollor i detyrueshëm caktohet me ligj.
3. Arsimi i mesëm i përgjithshëm publik është i hapur për të gjithë.
4. Arsimi i mesëm profesional dhe i lartë mund të kushtëzohet vetëm nga kritere aftësie.
5. Arsimi i detyrueshëm, si dhe arsimi i mesëm i përgjithshëm në shkollat publike është falas.
... (Neni 57)
Education
- EnglishEducation is free.
It is nevertheless subject to the supervision of the public powers, under the conditions established by the law.
All persons have access to establishments of national education, without discrimination of place of origin, of race, of religion, of sex, of political or philosophical opinions, of their physical, mental or sensorial state in accordance with their capacities.
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The public authorities have the duty to promote and to assure, through teaching, education and diffusion, the respect of the rights of man, of the fundamental freedoms and of the duties of the citizens provided by this Constitution.
The public powers have the duty to assure the diffusion and the teaching of the Constitution, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man, the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples, as well as all the duly ratified regional and international conventions concerning the rights of man and to international humanitarian law.
… (Art. 45) - FrenchL’enseignement est libre.
Il est toutefois soumis à la surveillance des pouvoirs publics, dans les conditions fixées par la loi.
Toute personne a accès aux établissements d’enseignement national, sans discrimination de lieu d’origine, de race, de religion, de sexe, d’opinions politiques ou philosophiques, de son état physique, mental ou sensoriel, selon ses capacités.
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Les pouvoirs publics ont le devoir de promouvoir et d’assurer, par l’enseignement, l’éducation et la diffusion, le respect des droits de l’homme, des libertés fondamentales et des devoirs du citoyen énoncés dans la présente Constitution.
Les pouvoirs publics ont le devoir d’assurer la diffusion et l’enseignement de la Constitution, de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme, de la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples, ainsi que de toutes les conventions régionales et internationales relatives aux droits de l’homme et au droit international humanitaire dûment ratifiées.
… (Art. 45)
Education
- EnglishEducation imparted officially will be gratuitous and obligatory. For one year at the pre-primary [pre-básico] level and in its totality at the primary and secondary [medio] levels, [are] totally at the expense of the State, which will establish the compulsory mechanisms to make this provision effective. (Art. 171)
- SpanishLa educación impartida será gratuita y obligatoria. Por una un año en el nivel pre- básico y en su totalidad en los niveles básico y medio, totalmente costeados por el Estado, quien establecerá los mecanismos de compulsión para hacer efectiva esta disposición. (Art. 171)