The General Assembly, being mindful of the primary obligation of the state to provide an adequate education for the citizens of this state under Article VIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia, and being mindful of the authority vested in the General Assembly under Article VIII, Section VII of the Constitution of Georgia to discharge all obligations of the state to provide an adequate education for its citizens by providing for grants of state, county, or municipal funds to such citizens for educational purposes, and being further particularly mindful of the need for a literate and informed society in all events, declares it to be the purpose and intent of this article to encourage and aid the education of all children of this state by implementing Article VIII, Section VII of the Constitution of Georgia by making provision for payment of education grants from public funds to the extent and in the manner as provided in this article.