Box 1:
Conceptual framework
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
AVAILABILITY
– fiscal allocations matching human rights obligations
– schools matching school-aged children (number, diversity)
– teachers (education & training, recruitment, labour rights, trade union
freedoms)
ACCESSIBILITY
– elimination of legal and administrative barriers
– elimination of financial obstacles
– identification and elimination of discriminatory denials of access
– elimination of obstacles to compulsory schooling (fees, distance,
schedule)
RIGHTS IN EDUCATION
ACCEPTABILITY
– parental choice of education for their children (with human rights
correctives)
– enforcement of minimal standards (quality, safety, environmental health)
– language of instruction
– freedom from censorship
– recognition of children as subjects of rights
ADAPTABILITY
– minority children
– indigenous children
– working children
– children with disabilities
– child migrants, travelers
RIGHTS THROUGH EDUCATION
– concordance of age-determined rights
– elimination of child marriage
– elimination of child labour
– prevention of child soldiering
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