The right to education is both a citizen's right and a citizen's obligation, that is to say, everyone has the right to education, and no one can deprive it. At the same time, as the basis of scientific and cultural development, citizens have the obligation to receive education, improve the scientific and cultural level and promote social progress. To improve the level of scientific and cultural development and promote scientific and technological progress, the first prerequisite must be that the broad masses of the people are literate and knowledgeable.
Civic education is the premise of material civilization and spiritual civilization construction. Actively improving citizens' cultural knowledge and scientific and technological level is of great significance for promoting the construction of socialist two civilizations. ?
Therefore, on the one hand, the state has the obligation to establish various educational institutions and cultural facilities to ensure citizens' right to education; On the other hand, citizens also have the obligation to improve their cultural and professional level through various forms of education to meet the needs of national modernization.
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Article 9 of the Education Law of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens have the right and obligation to receive education. Citizens, regardless of nationality, race, sex, occupation, property status, religious beliefs, etc. , enjoy equal opportunities for education according to law.
Article 19 The state implements a nine-year compulsory education system. People's governments at all levels take various measures to ensure that school-age children and adolescents enter school. Parents or other guardians of school-age children and adolescents, as well as relevant social organizations and individuals, have the obligation to enable school-age children and adolescents to receive and complete compulsory education for a specified number of years.