The new Global Education Monitoring Report is ground-breaking in placing accountability at the centre of its attention. As the report notes, the concept of accountability was shockingly absent from the framing of the Sustainable Development Goals–making it relatively easy for heads of state to sign up to them, as they could be confident that there were few consequences if they failed to deliver.
More than 40 percent of Tanzania’s adolescents are left out of quality lower-secondary education despite the government’s positive decision to make lower-secondary education free.
Le 15 février 2017, un partenariat des organisations de la société civile qui ont été impliqués dans des luttes fondées sur les droits pour accéder à une éducation de base de qualité lancera un Manuel sur les droits relatifs à l’éducation de base.
This High Court case deals with the constitutional obligation of the South African government to promote basic education by securing timely appointment and funding of educators at all public schools.
This case involves the interpretation of the scope of the constitutional right in South Africa to basic education and in particular whether the provision of school textbooks to all basic education learners for the whole academic year is an essential component of this right.
In this decision, the Supreme Court of India interpreted the right to education to include the right to the provision of a safe environment in schools, and imposed an obligation on schools to comply with certain fire safety precautions which were detailed in the judgment.
Bridge International Academies (BIA) is a large and expanding business that provides for-profit private education in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and India. With support and investment coming from global edubusiness Pearson, the World Bank, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and high profile actors such as Mark Zuckerberg and the Gates Foundation, the claims that BIA makes regarding its services are impressive, portraying the company as providing a magic bullet solution to educational inequalities and a high quality alternative to insufficient and inadequate govern
Violence in schools and other educational settings is a worldwide problem. Students who are perceived not to conform to prevailing sexual and gender norms, including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), are more vulnerable. Violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, also referred to as homophobic and transphobic violence, is a form of school-related gender-based violence.
Le Rapporteur spécial sur le droit à l’éducation a établi le présent rapport en application de la résolution 26/17 du Conseil des droits de l’homme. Il y examine le droit à l’éducation à l’ère numérique et, plus précisément, comment respecter les normes et principes qui sous-tendent le droit à l’éducation dans le contexte de l’adoption des technologies numériques, qui sont en train de révolutionner les processus d’enseignement et d’apprentissage et de transformer l’enseignement supérieur.
En 1973, la Cour suprême des États-Unis a déclaré qu'un système de financement des écoles publiques basé principalement sur les revenus liés aux impôts fonciers locaux ne viole pas la clause de protection égale contenue dans le quatorzième amendement et ne viole pas non plus le droit à l'éducation parce que, même si l'éducation est un "service important" il ne s'agit pas là d'un droit fondamental, tel que le reconnaît la Constitu