a) to ensure that all Seychellois are offered equal educational opportunities in accordance with their abilities, aptitudes and needs; b) to ensure that no Seychellois is prejudiced in his or her education by reason of his or her sex, colour or creed; c) to encourage in Seychellois an awareness of national identity and respect for the individual; and d) to ensure the progressive development of institutions devoted to education […] the achievement and maintenance in those institutions of the highest educational standards; and the provision of a varied and comprehensive educational service". 2: "For the purpose of implementing Government policy […] there shall, subject to this Act, be compulsory education for every Seychellois child from the entry age until the child completes S4 or reaches the age of 17 years, whichever occurs first". Section 5.1: "The Minister is responsible for carrying out the Government policy". 3: "The Minister may establish codes of conduct in respect of any matter for the purposes of implementing Government policy and, subject to this Act, the codes shall have effect in respect of the matter in respect of which they are established". Section 9.1: "Notwithstanding anything in the Civil Code, the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, make provision with respect to the compulsory attendance of children at school". 3: "Where a child fails or neglects to attend regularly at school […], each of his parents is guilty of an offence, and is liable to a fine of R1000 and to imprisonment for 3 months, or to such greater amount and period as is prescribed in the relevant order". Education Act. Education (Educational Zones and Compulsory Education) Order, 1/01/1991 (Modified by the Statutory Instrument 48 of 1994). Paragraph 4: "A Seychelloi child who attains the age of six years on or before the date specified […] and has not attained the age of seventeen years, shall from the start of Term 1 of the year in which he attains six years, attend regularly at the school specified for the educational zone in which he resides until he has completed S4 or reached the age of 17 years, whichever occurs first". Paragraph 6 defines "Residence of child" for the purpose of paragraph 4. The Order in Schedules II, III, and I establish the "Educational Zones" and the location of the schools for each one of them. Public Morality The year 2004 in the Seychelles has been declared as the “Year of Moral Renaissance”. The State has always been concern about the promotion and