Education as a human right

This reference is used to annotate "I would never send my kids to school" (2017) by Piotr Wozniak

Across the globe, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is often disrespected. The right to education may be denied. A ban on homeschooling in a number of nations is a violation as well.

Moreover, the declaration itself needs an update that would account for what we have learned from neuroscience, esp. with respect to the pleasure of learning. The coercive factor in compulsory education is increasingly causing damage in industrialized nations. Last but not least, the child should have more to say about its own education. Parents may often make better choices than authorities, but the child's brain should be source of the ultimate benchmark in decision making.

Article 26: Right to education

1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

See also: Compulsory schooling was never to be compulsory

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Quoted excerpts come from the following reference:

Title: United Nations: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Date: December 1948

Link: http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

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