Every person has the right to education and the responsibility of educating himself, the State organizes and directs the public service of national education and guarantees the parents of families the right to participate in the educational process of their children. Education is based on science, and uses its methods, promotes its growth and spread and applies its results to ensure development of the human person and of the family and affirmation and strengthening of the Panamanian nation as a cultural and political community.
Education is democratic and founded on principles of human solidarity and social justice.
Education must serve the complete and harmonious development of the student within society, in its physical, intellectual, moral, aesthetic and civic aspects, and must seek to provide skills for useful work in the interest of one's self and for collective benefit. Articles regarding persons with disabilities Art. The State shall promote, encourage and provide vocational orientation and training to minors and persons with disabilities, for work. The State shall provide technical assistance and training to low income groups in order that they have more opportunities for paying jobs, according to the labor necessities of the country. In institutions where professional training is provided to minors with disabilities, the latter shall have the right to receive an economic incentive when they perform work of manufacturing products for sale on the market.