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Education
Sao Tome and Principe
- English1. Education, as a right recognized for all citizens, shall strive for the total development of every person and for their active participation in the community.
2. It shall be the responsibility of the State to promote permanent education and the elimination of illiteracy, in accordance with the National System of Education.
3. The State shall ensure compulsory and free basic education.
4. The State shall gradually promote equal possibility of access to all other levels of education.
… (Art. 55) - Portuguese1. A educação, como direito reconhecido a todos os cidadãos, visa a formação integral do homem e a sua participação activa na comunidade.
2. Compete ao Estado promover a eliminação do analfabetismo e a educação permanente, de acordo com o Sistema Nacional de Ensino.
3. O Estado assegura o ensino básico obrigatório e gratuito.
4. O Estado promove gradualmente a igual possibilidade de acesso aos demais graus de ensino.
… (Art. 55)
Education
Suriname
- English1. Everyone shall have a right to education and cultural expression.
2. Education shall be free, subject to State supervision of all public educational institutions, in order that the national education policy and educational standards laid down by the State shall be observed.
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4. The State shall promote the kind of education and the conditions under which school education and other forms of education can contribute to the development of a democratic and socially just society.
… (Art. 38) - Dutch1. Een ieder heeft het recht op onderwijs en cultuurbeleving.
2. Het geven van onderwijs is vrij, behoudens het toezicht van de Staat op alle onderwijsinstellingen van publieke aard ter naleving van het nationaal onderwijsbeleid en door de Staat vastgestelde normen betreffende het onderwijs.
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4. De Staat bevordert het soort onderwijs en de omstandigheden, waaronder schoolonderwijs en andere vormen van onderwijs kunnen bijdragen aan de ontwikkeling van een democratische en sociaalrechtvaardige samenleving.
… (Art. 38)
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
Tanzania, United Republic of
- English...
(2) Every person has the right to access education, and every citizen shall be free to pursue education in a field of his choice up to the highest level according to his merits and ability.
(3) The Government shall make efforts to ensure that all persons are afforded equal and sufficient opportunity to pursue education and vocational training in all levels of schools and other institutions of learning. (Art. 11)
Education
Afghanistan
- EnglishThe state shall devise and implement a unified educational curricula based on the tenets of the sacred religion of Islam, national culture as well as academic principles, and develop religious subjects curricula for schools on the basis of existing Islamic sects in Afghanistan. (Art. 45)
- Dariدولت نصاب واحد تعلیمی را، بر مبنای احكام دین مقدس اسلام و فرهنگ ملی و مطابق با اصول علمی، طرح و تطبیق می كند و نصاب مضامین دینی مكاتب را، بر مبنای مذاهب اسلامی موجود در افغانستان، تدوین می نماید. (مادۀ ۴۵)
- Pashtoدولت د اسلام د سپېڅلي دين د حكمونو او ملي فرهنگ پر بنسټ او له علمي اصولو سره سم، واحد تعليمي نصاب طرح او تطبيقوي او د ښوونځيو د ديني مضمونونو نصاب په افغانستان كې د شتو اسلامي مذهبونو پر بنسټ تدوينوي. (۴۵ ماده)
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
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- English
Lao citizens have the right to receive education, and learning in order to developthemselves toward an advanced level. (Art. 38)
- Lao
ພົນລະເມືອງລາວ ມີສິດໄດ້ຮັບການ ສຶກສາ ຄົ້ນຄວ້າ, ຮ່ຳຮຽນ ເພື່ອພັດທະນາຕົນເອງໃຫ້ມີຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າ. (ມາດຕາ. 38) (ປັບປຸງ)
Education
Papua New Guinea
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(2) The functions and powers available to the Bougainville Government in and in relation to Bougainville are the following:-
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(m) education;
… (Sec. 290)