Question

Is education a right or privileged?

Answer 1

EDUCATION IS A RIGHT AND NOT A PRIVILEGE.

RIGHT TO EDUCATION HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS HUMAN RIGHT IN A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS WHICH RECOGNIZES A RIGHT TO FREE,COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION TO ALL AND OBLIGATION FOR DELEOPMENT OF FURTHER EDUCATION FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE ,GENDER,NATIONALITY,ETHNIC OR SOCIAL ORIGIN,RELIGION OR POLITICAL PREFERENCE ,AGE OR DISABILITY.THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION HAS BEEN UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED SINCE THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1948 AND IS REFLECTED IN ARTICLE 26 WHICH STATES

• EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION,EDUCATION SHALL BE FREE,ATLEAST IN THE ELEMENTARY AND FUNDAMENTAL STAGES.ELEMENTORY EDUCATION SHALL BE COMPULSORY.TECHINCAL AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SHALL BE MADE GENERALLY AVAILABLE AND HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL BE EQUALLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL ON THE BASIS OF MERIT.
• EDUCATION SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN PERSONALITY AND TO THE STRENGTHENING OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS.IT SHALL PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING ,TOLERANCE AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG ALL NATIONS ,RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUPS ,AND SHALL FURTHER THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE .
• PARENTS HAVE A PRIOR RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE KIND OF EDUCATION THAT SHALL BE GIVEN TO THEIR CHILDREN.

THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION HAS BEEN REAFFIRMED IN 1960 UNESCO CONVENTION. THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE RIGHTS IS TO WORK FOR BOTH ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF EDUCATION.

THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IS ESSANTIAL

• TO EXERCISE ALL THE OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS
• TO PROMOTE INDIVIDAL FREEDOM
• FOR EMPOVERMENT AND YEILD DEVELOPMENTAL BENEFITS
• TO PARTICPATE FULLY AS A CITIZEN
• UPLIFTING SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY MARGINALIZED ADULTS AND CHILDREN FROM POVERTY.