Constitución en Inglés

44 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 one year of preschool instruction and nine years of basic instruction. Education shall be free of charge in public institutions, without prejudice to the collection of tuition from those who can afford it. It is the responsibility of the State to regulate, inspect, and supervise education at the highest level in order to ensure its quality, fulfillment of its goals, and improvement in students’ moral, intellectual, and physical formation; to guarantee adequate service coverage; and to ensure that minors enjoy the conditions necessary to participate and remain in the educational system. The nation and the territorial entities shall participate in the management, financing, and administration of state educational services under the terms set in the Constitution and statute. Individuals may create educational institutions. The law shall establish the conditions for their creation and management. The educational community shall participate in managing educational institutions. Education shall be in the care of individuals of recognized ethical and pedagogical fitness. The law guarantees the professionalization and dignity of the teaching profession. Parents have the right to select the type of education for their minor children. In state institutions, no individual may be obliged to receive religious instruction. Members of ethnic groups shall have the right to education that respects and develops their cultural identity. ARTICLE 68