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Encouragement and development of international contracts and co-operation in the scientific and cultural fields
The States of Jersey is party to a number of international conventions governing the scientific and cultural fields, and it follows that international co-operation takes place when appropriate.
IV. ISLE OF MAN*
(Population: 60,000; area: 230 sq. miles (328 sq. km))
1. The Isle of Man Government accepts the general principal embodied in articles 13 to 15, and has sought their implementation:
(a) By legislation - the main bulk of this legislation is contained in the 1949 Education Act of Tynwald which is largely a parallel of the 1944 Education Act of the United Kingdom Parliament;
(b) By policy decision of the Board of Education which is a Board of Tynwald with full powers to implement policy in accordance with the provision of the 1949 Act.
ARTICLE 13: RIGHT TO EDUCATION
2. The 1949 Education Act in the Isle of Man, section 33, specifies that there shall be three stages of public education known as primary education, secondary education and further education, and the duties imposed on the Board of Education is to, by means of these three stages, contribute towards the spiritual, cultural, mental and physical development of the community.
3.
Section 34 of the 1949 Act imposes a duty on the Isle of Man Board of Education to provide, free of charge, education suited to the age ability and aptitude of all children on the Island who may be presented for education; section 66 of the same Act imposes a duty on parents to cause their children to receive efficient, suitable, full-time education by regular attendance at school or otherwise. Education is compulsory on the Isle of Man for all children five to fifteen years of age. In this respect, section 67 of the same Act affords an opportunity to parents to name a preference as to the school they wish their children to attend, and on the Island, except for a few cases where schools are deemed to be full, parents are free to send their children to any school within the appropriate age category.
* A list of documentation provided to supplement the present report is contained in the annex.
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