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Education
Niger
- EnglishParents have the right and duty to raise, educate and protect their children. ...
The State and the other public collectivities, through their public policies and their actions, see to the promotion and to the access to a quality, gratuitous and public education. (Art. 23) - FrenchLes parents ont le droit et le devoir d'élever, d'éduquer et de protéger leurs enfants. …
L'Etat et les autres collectivités publiques veillent, par leurs politiques publiques et leurs actions, à la promotion et à l'accès à un enseignement public, gratuit et de qualité. (Art. 23)
Education
Peru
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It is the duty and right of parents to feed, to educate and to give security to their children.
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Es deber y derecho de los padres alimentar, educar y dar seguridad a sus hijos.
… (Art. 6)
Education
Czech Republic
- English(1) Everyone has the right to education. School attendance shall be obligatory for the period specified by law.
(2) Citizens have the right to free elementary and secondary school education, and, depending on particular citizens’ ability and the capability of society, also to university-level education.
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(4) The conditions under which citizens have the right to assistance from the state during their studies shall be set by law. (Charter, Art. 33) - Czech(1) Každý má právo na vzdělání. Školní docházka je povinná po dobu, kterou stanoví zákon.
(2) Občané mají právo na bezplatné vzdělání v základních a středních školách, podle schopností občana a možností společnosti též na vysokých školách.
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(4) Zákon stanoví, za jakých podmínek mají občané při studiu právo na pomoc státu. (Listina, Čl. 33)
Education
Gabon
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The law determines in addition the fundamental principles:
– of education;
… (Art. 47) - French...
La loi détermine en outre les principes fondamentaux:
- de l’enseignement;
... (Art. 47)
Education
South Sudan
- English1. Education is a right for every citizen and all levels of government shall provide access to education without discrimination as to religion, race, ethnicity, health status including HIV/AIDS, gender or disability.
2. All levels of government shall promote education at all levels and shall ensure free and compulsory education at the primary level; they shall also provide free illiteracy eradication programmes. (Art. 29)
Education
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- English… The father and mother have the shared and inescapable obligation of raising, training, educating, maintaining and caring for their children, and the latter have the duty to provide care when the former are unable to do so by themselves. … (Art. 76)
- Spanish… El padre y la madre tienen el deber compartido e irrenunciable de criar, formar, educar, mantener y asistir a sus hijos e hijas, y éstos tienen el deber de asistirlos cuando aquél o aquella no puedan hacerlo por sí mismos. … (Art. 76)
Education
Latvia
- EnglishEveryone has the right to education. The State shall ensure that everyone may acquire primary and secondary education without charge. Primary education shall be compulsory. (Art. 112)
- LatvianIkvienam ir tiesības uz izglītību. Valsts nodrošina iespēju bez maksas iegūt pamatizglītību un vidējo izglītību. Pamatizglītība ir obligāta. (Art. 112)
Education
Liberia
- EnglishThe Republic shall, because of the vital role assigned to the individual citizen under this Constitution for the social, economic and political well being of Liberia, provide equal access to educational opportunities and facilities for all citizens to the extent of available resources. Emphasis shall be placed on the mass education of the Liberian people and the elimination of illiteracy. (Art. 6)
Education
Uganda
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2. A child is entitled to basic education which shall be the responsibility of the State and the parents of the child.
… (Art. 34)
Education
Bangladesh
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(3) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth be subjected to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to access to any place of public entertainment or resort, or admission to any educational institution.
... (Art. 28) - Bengali…
(৩) কেবল ধর্ম, গোষ্ঠী, বর্ণ, নারী পুরুষভেদ বা জন্মস্থানের কারণে জনসাধারণের কোন বিনোদন বা বিশ্রামের স্থানে প্রবেশের কিংবা কোন শিক্ষা-প্রতিষ্ঠানে ভর্তির বিষয়ে কোন নাগরিককে কোনরূপ অক্ষমতা, বাধ্যবাধকতা, বাধা বা শর্তের অধীন করা যাইবে না।
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