Every child has the right to education.
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The right to education:
Under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has been signed and ratified by every country in the world except Somalia and the USA, every child in the world has the right to a good education.
What the CRC says:
- All children have the right to an education. Discipline in schools should respect children's human dignity. Primary education should be free. Wealthy countries should help poorer countries achieve this.
- Education should develop your personality and talents to the full. It should encourage you to respect your parents, your own and other cultures. Education should prepare children to live responsibly and peacefully in a free society. It should teach children to respect the natural environment.
Do all children get their right to education?
Around the world, 93 million primary aged children do not attend
school.
Girls are more likely than
boys to miss out on school, while the
hardest to reach children need extra help to get them into education.