THE
BAATH ARAB SOCIALIST PARTY NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BAATH ARAB SOCIALIST
PARTY
APPROVED BY THE FIRST CONGRESS
OF THE PARTY IN 1947
The Party's policy in Education and Pedagogy
The Party's policy in Pedagogy aims at the creation of new
Arab generation that believes in the unity of the Arab nation,
the immortality of its mission that adopts scientific thought
and free from superstitions, reactionary traditions and
infused with the optimism spirit, struggle and solidarity
with its nationals for the fulfillment of the comprehensive
Arab Revolution and progress of humanity. Therefore, the
Party decides:
Art. 44:
To stamp all the intellectual, economic, political, constructional
and technical phenomena of life with pan-Arab national character
that can restore the glorious history of the nation and
spur it to look for a more glorious and ideal future.
Art. 45:
Education is one of the State's duties by itself. Therefore,
all foreign and private educational establishments shall
be cancelled.
Art. 46:
Education, in all stages, is provided gratis to all citizen
. It is obligatory in the elementary and secondary stages.
Art. 47:
Vocational schools, equipped with the latest means, shall
be established. Study in them is gratis.
Art. 48:
Arab nationals shall carry out teaching and all things related
to . The higher education shall be exempted from this.