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Education
- 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
- English1. Young people shall enjoy special protection for the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, among which are:
a. Access to education, …
b. Vocational schooling;
… (Art. 37) - Dutch1. Jeugdigen genieten bijzondere bescherming voor het genot van economische, sociale en culturele rechten, waaronder begrepen:
a. toegang tot onderwijs, ...
b. beroepsscholing;
… (Art. 37)
Education
- EnglishThe State shall strengthen social education and provide the working people with all conditions for study. (Art. 48)
- Korean국가는 사회교육을 강화하며 모든 근로자들이 학습할수 있는 온갖 조건을 보장한다. (제48조)
Education
- EnglishEveryone has the right to education.
Complete general secondary education is compulsory.
The State ensures accessible and free pre-school, complete general secondary, vocational and higher education in state and communal educational establishments; the development of pre-school, complete general secondary, extra-curricular, vocational, higher and post-graduate education, various forms of instruction; the provision of state scholarships and privileges to pupils and students.
Citizens have the right to obtain free higher education in state and communal educational establishments on a competitive basis.
… (Art. 53) - UkrainianКожен має право на освіту.
Повна загальна середня освіта є обов'язковою.
Держава забезпечує доступність і безоплатність дошкільної, повної загальної середньої, професійно-технічної, вищої освіти в державних і комунальних навчальних закладах; розвиток дошкільної, повної загальної середньої, позашкільної, професійно-технічної, вищої і післядипломної освіти, різних форм навчання; надання державних стипендій та пільг учням і студентам.
Громадяни мають право безоплатно здобути вищу освіту в державних і комунальних навчальних закладах на конкурсній основі.
… (Стаття 53)
Education
- 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
- EnglishThe state shall devise and implement effective programs to create and foster balanced education for women, improve education of nomads as well as eliminate illiteracy in the country. (Art. 44)
- Dariدولت مكلف است به منظور ایجاد توازن و انكشاف تعلیم برای زنان، بهبود تعلیم كوچیان و امحای بی سوادی در كشور، پروگرامهای مؤثر طرح و تطبیق نماید. (مادۀ ۴۴)
- Pashtoدولت مكلف دى د ښځو د زده كړو د پراختيا او توازن د ايجاد په منظور، دكوچيانو د زده كړو د ښه والي او په هيواد كې د بې سوادۍ د له منځه و ړلو لپاره اغېزمن پروگرامونه طرح او تطبيق كړي. (۴۴ ماده)
Education
- English
The Union shall :
…
(c) implement free, compulsory primary education system;
... (Sec. 28) - Burmese
နိုင်ငံတော်သည် -
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(ဂ) အခမဲ့မသင်မနေရ မူလတန်းပညာရေးစနစ်ဖော်ဆောင်ရမည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၂၈)
Education
- English
…
Under penalty of criminal prosecution, parents have the obligation of assuring the education of their children.
… (Art. 71) - Arabic
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تحت طائلة المتابعات الجزائية، يلزم الأولياء بضمان تربية أبنائهم.
… (المــادة 71) - French
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Sous peine de poursuites pénales, les parents ont l'obligation d'assurer l'éducation de leurs enfants.
… (Art. 71)
Education
- EnglishEvery person has the right to receive an education at all levels, which is universal, productive, free, comprehensive and inter-cultural, without discrimination. (Art. 17)
- SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a recibir educación en todos los niveles de manera universal, productiva, gratuita, integral e intercultural, sin discriminación. (Art. 17)
Education
- EnglishThe state develops socialist educational undertakings and works to raise the scientific and cultural level of the whole nation.
The state runs schools of various types, makes primary education compulsory and universal, develops secondary, vocational and higher education and promotes pre-school education.
The state develops educational facilities of various types in order to wipe out illiteracy and provide political, cultural, scientific, technical and professional education for workers, peasants, state functionaries and other working people. It encourages people to become educated through independent study.
... (Art. 19) - Chinese国家发展社会主义的教育事业,提高全国人民的科学文化水平。
国家举办各种学校,普及初等义务教育,发展中等教育、职业教育和高等教育,并且发展学前教育。
国家发展各种教育设施,扫除文盲,对工人、农民、国家工作人员和其他劳动者进行政治、文化、科学、技术、业务的教育,鼓励自学成才。
... (第十九条)