Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 11 January 1982
Relevant Provisions
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11 January 1982
Title III - Declarations, rights, and guarantees
Chapter IV - Rights of the child
Art.121
The State shall provide special protection for minors whose parents or guardians are economically unable to do so, to provide for their care and education.
Art.123
All children shall enjoy the benefits of social security and education.
Art.124
No child shall work before reaching an adequate minimum age, nor shall he be permitted to dedicate himself to any occupation or employment that may be prejudicial to his health, education, or serve as an impediment to his physical, mental or moral development.
Chapter VII - Education and culture
Art.121
The State shall provide special protection for minors whose parents or guardians are economically unable to do so, to provide for their care and education.
Art.123
All children shall enjoy the benefits of social security and education.
Art.124
No child shall work before reaching an adequate minimum age, nor shall he be permitted to dedicate himself to any occupation or employment that may be prejudicial to his health, education, or serve as an impediment to his physical, mental or moral development.
Art.151
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 (…).
Art.152
Parents have a preferential right to choose the type of education they wish to give their children.
Art.153
The State has the obligation to promote the basic education of the people, creating for that purpose the necessary administrative and technical institutions which shall be directly dependent on the Secretariat of State in the Office of Public Education.
Art.154
The elimination of illiteracy is a primary task of the State.
Art.155
The State recognizes and protects freedom of investigation, of education and of training.
Art.158
No educational establishment may provide education of a quality below the level established by the Law.
Art.164
Elementary school teachers shall be exempt from all taxes on their salaries and on the amounts they receive as pensions.
Art.165
The law guarantees to teachers work stability, a standard of living in accordance with their high mission, and an adequate pension.
Art.166
All natural and judicial persons have the right to establish educational centers with due compliance with this Constitution and other laws.
Art.169
The State shall support and promote the education of handicapped persons.
Art.171
Public education shall be free, and basic education shall also be compulsory and completely at the expense of the State. The State shall set up the necessary compulsory mechanisms accordingly to make these provisions effective.
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