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Article 24
• Compulsory education
• Free education
• Free education
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Education is the primordial duty of the State. Every citizen has the right to
primary education, which is obligatory, free, and guaranteed.
The extent of gratuity of education is established by law.
The State guarantees to every person, private entity or religious
community, legally constituted, the right to found schools, provided that
they are subject to the official pedagogical plan.
Official education permits the free election of the religious formation
program, based on the freedom of conscience and religion protected by this
Fundamental Law.
The officially recognized education cannot be oriented to program or
propagate an ideological or partisan tendency.
Article 25
The State supports responsible paternity and the appropriate education to promote
the family.
• Right to work
• Duty to work
Article 26
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• Right to establish a business
• Right to competitive marketplace
Work is a right and social duty. The State recognizes its constructive role in
improving the well-being and the development of its national wealth. The
State promotes the economical and social conditions to eradicate poverty,
misery and ensures to all the citizens of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
with equality the possibilities of a useful occupation that allows them not to
be threatened by necessity.
The law will define the conditions for the exercise of this right.
Article 27
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Equatorial Guinea 1991 (rev. 2012)
The economic system of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea is based on the
principle of free markets and free enterprise.
The law regulates the exercise of these freedoms in accordance with the
requirements of economic and social development.
The State protects, guarantees, and controls the investment of foreign
capital that contributes to the development of the State.
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