47 be forbidden". Article (9) of Law no (5) on Childhood Protection states that "basic education shall be a right guaranteed by the society for its sons – normal or with special needs- who can afford it; it shall be compulsory and the child shall not be denied this right." Rules regulating education assert that it is the right of every citizen, male or female, and that it is compulsory up till the age of 15. Law no (5) for 1987 on People with Special Needs stipulate in Article (14) that basic education shall be a right and obligation for people with special needs so long they reached the age determined for this stage. Their elderly as well shall be entitled to benefit from literacy programs, provided that, on planning subject matters in both cases, disability conditions should be duly observed. Article (16) of the same Law noted that "the person with special needs, who completed his basic education successfully, shall have the right to continue his education." Law no (18) for 2010 on education states in Article (1) that "education shall be the right of all and that the State shall be concerned with making it accessible to citizens under the sponsorship of public and private educational institutions, following up on its efficiency and controlling the quality of its outputs. The State further tends to encourage and expand private education which is also compulsory for citizens until the completion of the basic education stage. Decision no 1386 of the 14th Session on the Draft Declaration on Child Rights under Principle 7 stated that" the child shall enjoy the right to education. Education shall be gratuitous and compulsory at least in its early stages". Article (13) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights stipulates that "States parties acknowledge in this Covenant the right of every individual to education and are in agreement as to the essentiality of directing education to the development of a full-fledged humane character and the