Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 1987
Relevant Provisions
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Title III - Basic rights and duties of the citizen
Chapter II - Basic rights
Section D - Freedom of conscience
Art.30-1
The first responsibility of the State and its territorial divisions is education of the masses, which is the only way the country can be developed. The State shall encourage and facilitate private enterprise [initiative privée] in this field.
Section F - Education and teaching
Art.32-3
Primary schooling is compulsory under penalties to be prescribed by law.
Classroom facilities and teaching materials shall be provided by the State to elementary school students free of charge.
Art.32-5
Preschool and maternal training, as well as non-formal education are encouraged.
Art.32-6
Higher education shall be open to all on an equal basis, according to merit only.
Art.32-8
The State guarantees that the handicapped and the gifted shall have the means to ensure their autonomy, education and independence.
Art.32-10
Teachers are entitled to a fair salary.
Art.33
There shall be freedom of education at all levels. This freedom shall be exercised under the control of the State.
Chapter III - Duties of the citizen
Art.52-1
Civic duties are the citizen's moral, political, social and economic obligations as a whole to the State and to the country. These obligations are:
To educate and improve himself
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