The right to education is more than just the children’s access to School

Autor: Rosa María Torres

This bulletin, the fifth of the biannual series from UNESCO “Bulletin on World Education”, aims to promote reflection upon the different facets of the right to education, from basic education to the acquisition of learning throughout life.

Human Rights in Education as a pré-requisite to the human right to education

Autor: Katarina Tomasevski

Part of a series which deals with the key points of the human right to education, this publication affirms that, for the human right to education to have meaning, it is necessary to guarantee that the rights of students and teachers be recognized and protected. In the book, cases from daily school life help clarify this problematic.

The right to education of people with special needs

Autor: Vernor Muñoz

This bulletin from the Special Rapporteur on the right to education from the UN, Vernor Muñoz, analyzes the right of people with special needs to an inclusive education. This implies the possibility of all children and adolescents, independent of their conditions or differences, to learn together. The paradigm of inclusive education arises as an answer to the limitations of traditional education, qualified as patriarchic, utilitarian and segregational, as well as to the insufficiencies resulting from special education and from the policies of integration of students with special needs within the regular teaching system.

Obligations of the Human Rights: to make education available, accessible, acceptable and adaptable

Autor: Katarina Tomasevski

Part of a series which deals with the key points of the human right to education, this publication summarizes the obligations of the governments, regarding educational rights, in a simple manner and structured into four points: making education available, accessible, acceptable and adaptable.

Writing the Wrongs: International Benchmarks on the teaching of Adult literacy

Autor: Global Campaign for Education and ActionAid International

This publication offers 12 points of reference for the teaching of adult literacy. These points consolidate the international learning of 67 literacy programs in 35 countries; programs which have been proved practical, accessible and efficient. There is no longer any excuse to deny adults the opportunity to learn.