EDUCATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT
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The purpose of this paper was to explore the aspect of education as a human right. Education is a pathway towards intellectual enlightenment, capacity development and personal growth. In addition, education opens up human capacity for the pursuit of all other human rights. This underscores the relevance of the idea for education as a human right in developing sufficient understanding on all dynamics that define the human life. The paper also looked into the article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the year 1948 from which 58 countries declared elementary education as a human right. The study established that to date the realization of free and quality education of the human family still faces numerous barriers such as primitive cultures, insecurity and poverty. The global cooperation through UNESCO offers hope in coordinating efforts towards the realization of free and fair education as a right for all global citizens.
Key Words: Intellectual Enlightenment, Capacity Development, Personal Growth
CITATION: Maundu, J. (2021). Education as a human right. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 8 (1), 101 – 104.
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Lee, S.E. (2013) Education as a Human Right in the 21st Century. Democracy and Education, 21(1), p.1.
United Nations (1948) Articles on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Available at: https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ [Accessed on 9th Dec 2020].
UNESCO (2020) What you need to know about the right to education. Available at: https://en.unesco.org/news/what-you-need-know-about-right-education [Accessed on 9th Dec 2020].
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v8i1.1897
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