This includes norms, standards, and guidelines set for infrastructure facilities and safety in schools and other educational institutions including ECCE centres, either in the domestic law or by the Ministry of Education or other relevant ministries or by the statutory bodies. This indicator assesses if such norms are set either by law or policies.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 13.2, General Comment No. 13 (para. 6.a and 50), General Comment No. 15 (paras. 12.c.i and 16.b); Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 28.1, General comment No. 7 (paras. 23 and 38), General Comment No. 26 (paras. 55 and 56) ; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Article 10, General Comment No.36 (para. 31); Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities, Article 24, General Comment No. 4 (para. 31); (Revised) European Social Charter, Article 17.2; Protocol of San Salvador, Article 13.3; African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Article 11.3.
Note that laws / legislative provisions will be more protective than policies. For more information see our webpage ‘What information to look at’ and chapter 6 of the RTE / UNESCO Right to Education handbook.