Constitutional Guarantees
of the right to education
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Date of adoption/date of entry into force - 27 November 1966
Relevant Provisions
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Section II - Rights, duties and guarantees
Chapter II
Art.68
Freedom of education is guaranteed. The law shall regulate State intervention for the sole purpose of maintaining hygiene, morality, safety and public order. Every parent or guardian has the right to select the teachers or institutions he desires for the education of his children or wards.
Art.69
Private educational institutions and cultural institutions of the same kind shall be exempt from national and municipal taxes as a subsidy for their services.
Art.70
Primary education and intermediate, agrarian, or industrial education are compulsory. The State shall promote the development of scientific research and of technical education.
Art.71
Free official primary, intermediate, advanced, industrial, artistic, and physical education is declared to be of social utility, as well as the creation of scholarships for continued study and specialization in cultural, scientific and occupational fields, and the establishment of public libraries. In all educational institutions special attention shall be paid to the formation of the moral and civic character of students.
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