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Education
- EnglishLiteracy is declared [to be] of national urgency and it is a social obligation to contribute to it. The State will organize it and promote it with all the necessary resources. (Art. 75)
- SpanishLa alfabetización se declara de urgencia nacional y es obligación social contribuir a ella. El Estado debe organizarla y promoverla con todos los recursos necesarios. (Art. 75)
Education
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(6) Every Swazi child shall within three years of the commencement of this Constitution have the right to free education in public schools at least up to the end of primary school, beginning with the first grade.
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Education
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It is the duty and right of parents to support, raise and educate their children, even if born out of wedlock.
… (Art. 30) - Italian
È dovere e diritto dei genitori mantenere, istruire ed educare i figli, anche se nati fuori del matrimonio.
… (Art. 30)
Education
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Education is an essential function of the State for the preservation, development, and dissemination of culture, which must extend its benefits to society without discrimination of any kind.
Public education shall be secular and shall be based on fundamental principles of democracy. It shall instill and promote in all students a deep feeling of Honduran patriotism and shall be directly connected with the economic and social development process of the country. (Art. 151) - Spanish
La educación es función esencial del Estado para la conservación, el fomento y difusión de la cultura, la cual deberá proyectar sus beneficios a la sociedad sin discriminación de ninguna naturaleza.
La educación nacional será laica y se fundamentará en los principios esenciales de la democracia, inculcará y fomentará en los educandos profundos sentimientos hondureñistas y deberá vincularse directamente con el proceso de desarrollo económico y social del país. (Art. 151)
Education
- English(1) Every child has the right—
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(b) to free and compulsory basic education;
… (Art. 53) - Swahili(1) Kila mtoto ana haki—
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(b) ya kupata elimu ya msingi kwa lazima na bila malipo;
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Education
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(3) The organic laws shall govern:
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k) general organisation of the education system;
… (Art. 72) - Moldovian
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(3) Prin lege organică se reglementează:
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(k) organizarea generală a învăţămîntului;
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Education
- EnglishAll have the right to an education, and the responsibility to become educated. The State organizes and directs national education as a public service, and guarantees parents the right to participate in the process of their children's education.
… (Art. 91) - SpanishTodos tienen el derecho a la educación y la responsabilidad de educarse. El Estado organiza y dirige el servicio público de la educación nacional y garantiza a los padres de familia el derecho de participar en el proceso educativo de sus hijos.
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Education
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Parents have the right and duty to provide for the nurturing and education of their children.
… (Art. 40) - Macedonian…
Родителите имаат право и должност да се грижат за издржување и воспитување на децата.
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Education
- EnglishThe parents have the right and the obligation to assist, to feed, to educate, and to shelter [amparar] their minor children.
… (Art. 53) - SpanishLos padres tienen el derecho y la obligación de asistir, de alimentar, de educar y de amparar a sus hijos menores de edad.
… (Art. 53)
Education
- EnglishThe State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right ... to education ... (Art. 41)
- Hindiराज्य अपनी आर्थिक सामर्थ्य और विकास की सीमाओं के भीतर, ........ शिक्षा ...... पाने के अधिकार को प्राप्त करने का प्रभावी उपबंध करेगा। (अनुच्छेद 41)