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Education
Burkina Faso
- English
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The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of education [enseignement] and of 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
Brazil
- EnglishThe National Government's duty towards education shall be effectuated through the guarantees of:
I. free, compulsory elementary education from 4 (four) to 17 (seventeen) years, including assurance that it will be offered gratuitously for all who did not have access to it at the proper age;
II. progressive universalization of gratuitous secondary school education;
III. special educational assistance for the handicapped, preferably within the regular school system;
IV. early education in nurseries and pre-school for children up to 5 (five) years of age;
V. access to higher levels of education, research and artistic creation, according to individual capacity;
VI. provision of regular night courses adequate to the student's condition;
VII. educational assistance in all stages of basic education by means of supplemental programs of school books, teaching materials, transportation, nutrition and health care.
§1°. Access to compulsory and free education is a subjective public right.
§2°. The Government's failure to offer compulsory education or offering it irregularly implies liability on the part of the competent authority.
§3°. The Government has the responsibility to conduct a census of elementary school students, to take attendance, and to make sure, jointly with parents or guardians, that students attend school. (Art. 208) - PortugueseO dever do Estado com a educação será efetivado mediante a garantia de:
I - educação básica obrigatória e gratuita dos 4 (quatro) aos 17 (dezessete) anos de idade, assegurada inclusive sua oferta gratuita para todos os que a ela não tiveram acesso na idade própria;
II - progressiva universalização do ensino médio gratuito;
III - atendimento educacional especializado aos portadores de deficiência, preferencialmente na rede regular de ensino;
IV - educação infantil, em creche e pré-escola, às crianças até 5 (cinco) anos de idade;
V - acesso aos níveis mais elevados do ensino, da pesquisa e da criação artística, segundo a capacidade de cada um;
VI - oferta de ensino noturno regular, adequado às condições do educando;
VII - atendimento ao educando, em todas as etapas da educação básica, por meio de programas suplementares de material didáticoescolar, transporte, alimentação e assistência à saúde.
§ 1º - O acesso ao ensino obrigatório e gratuito é direito público subjetivo.
§ 2º - O não-oferecimento do ensino obrigatório pelo Poder Público, ou sua oferta irregular, importa responsabilidade da autoridade competente.
§ 3º - Compete ao Poder Público recensear os educandos no ensino fundamental, fazer-lhes a chamada e zelar, junto aos pais ou responsáveis, pela freqüência à escola. (Art. 208)
Education
Sri Lanka
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3. Education and Educational Services– Education to the extent set out in Appendix III.
… (Ninth Schedule, List I: Provincial Council List) - Sinhala…
3. අධ්යාපනය සහ අධ්යාපන සේවා - III වන පරිශිෂ්ටයේ දක්වා ඇති ප්රමාණයට, අධ්යාපනය.
… (නව වෙනි උපලේඛනය, I වෙනි ලැයිස්තුව: පළාත් සභා ලැයිස්තුව)
Education
Comoros
- EnglishThe State guarantees to all citizens the right to instruction, to education, to teaching [enseignement] and to culture. (Art. 29)
- Arabicتضمن الدولة للجميع الحق في التعلم والتعليم والتدريس والثقافة. (المادة 29)
- FrenchL’État garantit à tous les citoyens le droit à l’instruction, à l’éducation, à l’enseignement et à la culture. (Art. 29)
Education
Cuba
- 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)