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Right to education
31.—(1) Every person has the right to—
(a) early childhood education;
(b) primary and secondary education; and
(c) further education.
(2) The State must take reasonable measures within its available resources to achieve
the progressive realisation of the right—
(a) to free early childhood, primary, secondary and further education; and
(b) to education for persons who were unable to complete their primary and
secondary education.
(3) Conversational and contemporary iTaukei and Fiji Hindi languages shall be
taught as compulsory subjects in all primary schools.
(4) The State may direct any educational institution to teach subjects pertaining
to health, civic education and issues of national interest, and any educational institution
must comply with any such directions made by the State.
(5) In applying any right under this section, if the State claims that it does not have
the resources to implement the right, it is the responsibility of the State to show that the
resources are not available.
Right to economic participation
32.—(1) Every person has the right to full and free participation in the economic
life of the State, which includes the right to choose their own work, trade, occupation,
profession or other means of livelihood.
(2) The State must take reasonable measures within its available resources to
achieve the progressive realisation of the rights recognised in subsection (1).
(3) To the extent that it is necessary, a law may limit, or may authorise the limitation
of, the rights set out in subsection (1).
Right to work and a just minimum wage
33.—(1) The State must take reasonable measures within its available resources
to achieve the progressive realisation of the right of every person to work and to a just
minimum wage.
(2) In applying any right under this section, if the State claims that it does not have
the resources to implement the right, it is the responsibility of the State to show that the
resources are not available.