1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. 2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. 3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

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When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. (Luke 2:43-47)



Liberation (from ignorance) does not come from learning without understanding. (Sri Guru Granth Sahib, p.903)



Every Muslim man and women is under a duty to acquire knowledge. (Sunan Ibn Mājah 224)



He [the teacher] gives birth to him [the child] from the point of view of learning. That is the best birth. The mother and the father give birth only to [the] body [of the child]. (Āpastamba Dharmasūtra)



And the study of Torah is equal to them all. (Mishnah, Pe'ah 1:1)



You shall not accept any information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brain, and you are responsible for using them. (Quran 17:36)



Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. (Dalai Lama XIV)



It cannot be taken from its place of deposit; it does not perish anywhere by fire; if kings of surpassing grandeur are angry, they cannot take it away; [and therefore] what any man should provide for his children as a legacy is learning. Other things are not [real wealth]. (Nālaṭiyār 134)



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