The United Nations Convention in the Rights of the Child (hereby, CRC) is a human rights treaty which outlines the rights of children around the world. It is broken up into three major sections, being substinence rights, protection rights, and participation rights. The CRC recognizes the special vulnerability of children and is therefore attempting to protect them and also acknowledges that they should have their own document. Under the CRC, a child is defined as any human being under the age of eighteen years unless a younger age is otherwise stated in the laws of his or her country. However, the CRC has brought up some questions of concern among many people. For one, the articles are very vague, and were made this way so that all countries would sign it. This makes the document unclear, imprecise, and sometimes contradictory. Also, the Northern nations had the greatest involvement in drafting the document, which has led to claims of cultural bias and questions of whether human rights can be applied universally. Images of the ideal childhood in the Industrial North have been brought to the Global South through the CRC. Is this to say that one culture’s way of viewing childhood is more correct than another and should therefore be enforced? Can ways of viewing and therefore treating children be generalized into a document as broad as the CRC?
Article 28 of the CRC stated that all children have the right to education based on equal opportunity. It stresses that primary education should be compulsory and made available free to all. This is a critical right because education allows children to reach their full potential and aids them in development and acquiring knowledge. However, compulsory schooling is not practical in certain pl...
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...nd treating children, some of these views conflict with providing all children with the right to education.
Taking all matters into consideration, I believe that providing all children with the right to education should in fact be a fundamental right that should be implemented in all countries. No matter what culture or nationality, all children should be given equal opportunity to reach their full potential. Education is the best way for a child to advance in society and end the cycle of poverty. It also promotes individual freedom and empowerment through knowledge. Although there are some complications in regards to implementing free, compulsory education, they can be overcome by means such as modified school hours or changes to infrastructure. I believe that there is no greater tool than knowledge for a child to not only succeed but excel in his life and society.
In conclusion, the balancing of schools is an ongoing issue of discussion. There are now cases where blacks and Hispanics outnumber whites in school districts such as Detroit. Pasadena also had a similar issue and decided to bus white kids to urban areas until white families began moving out of the district as a counter measure (Green, 2007). Clearly, this issue is still seeking a solution.
Ifezue G. Rajabali M., ‘Protecting the interests of the child’ [2013] Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law 1: 77–85
In underdeveloped countries there are a number of reasons why children don’t stay in school and not only because of family income. In underdeveloped countries hardships children have to face that don’t allow them to be successful in the pursuit of their education range from difficulties of getting to school, to paying tutoring for additional support to pass test’s to well as the actual cost of the schooling necessary. Even when the tuition of the education these children in underdeveloped countries receive is free, other expenses do get in the way. Other expenses would be things such as expenses for the child’s lunch, as well as their uniforms and even examination fees. Not only are these the issues children face in underdeveloped countries but they also face having to leave school to provide income for their families even if they really do want to continue their education. Why would they do such a thing? Children often fail to develop basic literacy and numeracy because their parents actually take them out of school so they can work and be able to provide income for their family households. So i believe that it’s safe to say that in
In addition, it was the responsibility of all the professionals including the inter-agency to safeguard and promotes the well-fare of the children. The United Nation Convention on the Right of Children (UNCRC) 1992 recognises that, the children should be allowed to participating in decisions making to influence the solutions for their future and to be heard. The children should also be provided with advocacy services, and to make sure that their rights are respected and heard.
Post, S. G. (2004). Children: II rights of children. In Encyclopedia of bioethics (3 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 385-387). New York, NY: Macmillan Reference USA.
Education is the source of all power allowing people to achieve any dream they choose. A person without a true education is nothing more than an empty shell living an empty and pointless life. The process of education begins at conception and the human mind continues to learn until the time of their death but most lessons are learned in the first five years of life. When the topic of education is discussed it isn’t how much is needed but how best to provide the education. The need for high quality education is typically agreed upon; how best to provide that education is not as easily as settled. The line in the sand has been drawn with neither side willing to back down and possible casualties are the children.
All groups of society have equal rights to integration and participation, regardless of their diversity, according to the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic). Children's moral and social justice should be respected through the provision of education for all (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund [UNICEF], 2006). High-quality schooling which promotes equity, free from discrimination, supporting students with educational disadvantages to become informed, confident, and successful individuals should be advocated for (Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs [MCEETYA], 2008). Educational authorities cannot discriminate against students with diverse needs by “refusing or
Education should never be denied to any child regardless of sex, race, age, or even what country they live in. Education is such an important aspect of life that is needed to be retained to shape a successful future. The issue that is being brought forth pertains to children in poor countries that are not receiving any kind of education. There are several things that are holding poor countries back such as lack of funding in education, having no teachers and no classroom or materials are available.(Global Citizen) In order to help decrease the population of children not receiving education other countries need to step in and save the children's lives. The United States education program as
It is noticeable that the system of education is changing from time to time based on financial issues and how the world is growing. In the past, individuals taught the education system from the oldest member of the family to children, and their members were charging fees from the families that sent their children to them. Which meant that education was an important thing in all ages. Nowadays, the education is shaped to an official system run by professional people in governments and many countries invest high amounts towards education which makes evidence of how important it is in our current life. Every country has a different system of education based on their financial stability, government infrastructure and the standard of the government officials. It is noticeable that there is a big difference between the education in developing countries and the prevailing system in developed countries .In my essay I will discuss some reasons for these differences...
In my opinion, it is the right of every child to be educated because a person without education is a person without anything. Education has evolved so much since the previous centuries and of course to the better which was not made possible without the help of technology and the funds raised. Technology motivated children towards education and made it more fun and entertaining. The ministry of education played a very important role in improving education.
I think quality education is essential to pass the phase of poverty in the world. With quality education, children will get the knowledge as well as the life skills required to get to know what their capable of achieving, and how to turn their life to the path which they want to go to. Some organizations like Teachers Resource Organization (TRC) helps in training teachers, building schools, paying for school requirements, and basic school necessities. Organizations like these also help in throwing down the barriers which prevent children from attending
Education is essential for everyone. Education plays a critical role in the development of a generation of individuals that is virtuous and in turn contributes to the development of good people. Through education, a person is able to develop mentally, but also physically and socially. To the youths, education is important as it helps them to develop the principles of life, enables them to make the correct career decisions and also prepares them in the pursuit of the goals that they may have set for themselves in life. I strongly believe that a good, heck, or even a regular education is a right that cannot be taken away. Education is a right and not a privilege.
In the contemporary society, education is a foundational human right. It is essentially an enabling right that creates various avenues for the exercise of other basic human rights. Once it is guaranteed, it facilitates the fulfillment of other freedoms and rights more particularly attached to children. Equally, lack of education provision endangers all fundamental rights associate with the welfare of human beings. Consequently, the role of education and in particular girl child education as a promoter of nation states welfare cannot be overemphasized. As various scholars asserts, the challenges and problems faced by the African girl child, to enjoy her right to education are multifaceted. Such difficulties include sexual abuse, child labor, discrimination, early pregnancies, violence and poverty, culture and religious practices (Julia 219). Across the developing world, millions of young girls lack proper access to basic education. In the contemporary society, this crisis, which is particularly critical in remote and poor region of sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia have fascinated increased public attention. However, almost all global nation states have assured their commitment in addressing various girl child challenges and allowed a declaration to enable each young girl and boy receive education by the year 2015 (Herz and Sperling 17). This target was firmly established and approved in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. However, this study will focus on girls’ education in Africa and its impacts to their livelihood.
Though many believe that education is a privilege, education should be a right because all humans deserve to have an opportunity to better themselves in life. It should also be accessible to everyone in various forms such as regular public schooling, online schooling, or homeschooling so that the people can have easier access to education in order to learn and to develop themselves and their abilities. It is a right that everyone regardless of race, gender, and religion should have because everyone deserves to be treated equally. In allowing everyone access to free education, society can allow for better-educated people who are able to use their reasoning and ideas to create a better world in which to dwell. Therefore, education is a basic human right that should be available and accessible to everyone because education is a pathway to a better future and a sense of hope for a secure life.
For long periods of time, education has been important to the development the different scientific, moral and ethical fields of the humanity. In addition, it has been recognized by some governments as a human right, but in some places around the world; education is not accessible for everyone. Many people believe that having an educational system without any cost would mean a better educated society, whereas others argue that this would not be possible. To develop a better educated society, governments should establish a totally free education system for the following three reasons.