Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
Right to education
- Jurisdiction
- Zimbabwe
- Provision
- 75
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
More details
- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source75 Right to education
(1) Every citizen and permanent resident of Zimbabwe has a right to—
(a) a basic State-funded education, including aduit basic education; and
(b) further education, which the State, through reasonable legislative and
other measures, must make progressively available and accessible.
(2) Every person has the right to establish and maintain, at their own expense,
independent educational institutions of reasonable standards, provided they do not
discriminate on any ground prohibited by this Constitution.
(3)A law may provide for the registration of educational institutions referred to
in subsection (2) and for the closing of any such institutions that do not meet reasonable
standards prescribed for registration.
(4) The State must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within the
limits of the resources available to it, to achieve the progressive realisation of the right
set out in subsection (1).
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Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 · ictministry.gov.zw · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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