46 1- Legislation Regulating Education in Libya The Constitutional Declaration issued by the Revolutionary Command Council on the 2nd of Shawal 1389 Hij corresponding to 11/12/1969 cited in Article 14 that "education is a right and obligation of all Libyans. It is compulsory until the termination of the preparatory stage which the State is responsible for providing by building schools, institutes and universities as well as cultural and educational institutions on gratuitous basis. Cases permitting the establishment of private schools shall be regulated by the law". Article (2) of Law no 134 for 1970 on education has put forward best means and ways of disseminating education all over the country within the limits of the general plan of the State and ensuring equal opportunity for all citizens in fields of education according to the needs of the country. Along with the State's increased interest in education and leveraging economic and social standards of the individual, the Compulsory Education Law no (95) for 1975 was issued to underpin in Article (1) that "primary and preparatory education is compulsory for all children, boys and girls. In Article (2), it set the compulsory age at 6 years old. The Law advised the parent to register his son on reaching this age in the primary school and to make sure of his continuing and attending school regularly until the end of the preparatory stage. The Great Green Human Rights Charter of 1988 further promoted this right, sanctioning that education and knowledge are a natural right of each human who is entitled to choose, without direction or compulsion, the type of education that suits him and the knowledge that he finds appealing. Freedom Promotion Law no (20) for 1991 stipulated in Article (23) that "each citizen shall enjoy the right of education and knowledge as well as choice of the branch of science that suits him. Monopoly or forfeiture of knowledge for any reason shall