Low-fee private schools are a growing phenomenon in many low and middle-income countries. Their emergence usually takes place in the context of a default privatisation processes which, though often...
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Ysé El Bouhali-Bouchet and Dora Tamas - @doratamas_
A day of reflection on privatisation of education was organised jointly by the Sciences Po Law School Clinic, the Global Initiative for Economic and Social Rights and the Right to Education Project...
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Silomo Khumalo and Tim Fish Hodgson - @SECTION27news
The South African Department of Basic Education has indicated that as many as 489 036 children with disabilities of a school going age are not attending any school at all. The 2013 General Household...
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The disappearance of 43 students of the rural Teacher Education School (Rural Normal School) in September 2014 in Ayotzinapa has deeply touched the heart of Mexican people. It has awaken global...
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Delphine Dorsi - @RTEProject
Wednesday, 10 December, 2014
On December 10th, we celebrate Human Rights Day in order “to bring to the attention of ‘people of the world’ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as the common standard of achievement...
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Thursday, 20 November, 2014
In Mexico, one out of every two teenagers won’t finish high school. In India, only a third of students get their high school diploma. Even in the U.S., around 5500 high schoolers will drop out before...
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Mireille de Koning - @mireilledko
Thursday, 16 October, 2014
On 5th October, 1966, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNESCO adopted the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. While not legally binding, the Recommendation provides a...
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The world was shocked by the kidnapping of almost 300 schoolgirls and attacks on schools in the state of Borno in the Northern part of Nigeria by fighters from the Boko Haram armed group. It became...
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Sylvain Aubry - @saubryhr
Friday, 12 September, 2014
It is the morning of Wednesday 3rd September, at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights headquarters in Geneva. The die is cast; in a few minutes we will know. My Moroccan colleague,...
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Should judges interfere with the enforcement of public policies implemented by the executive? If yes, what would be the best way to do so? In December 2013, the Court of Appeal of the State of São...
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