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Въпросът за образованието в текстовете на Търновската конституция
The Issue of Education in the Text of the Tarnovo Constitution

Author(s): Petya Nedeleva
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Constitutional Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: education; Tarnovo Constitution; Constituent Assembly; initial training; Liberation
Summary/Abstract: The debate over the need for compulsory education and the set of educational standards in various texts of the first Bulgarian constitution, known as the Tarnovo Constitution, highlights the importance of the issue for the constitutional assembly members. The clearly recognized need to reduce illiteracy among the population and to create specialists necessary for the development of the country affects the duration of the debate and the diversity of opinions when discussing the provisions. Recognized as one of the most democratic constitutions of its time, the Tarnovo Constitution contains the entire classical catalog of human rights and freedoms, among which the right to free compulsory education,enshrined in Art. 78 of the final text of the basic law.