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The
right to education
is one of the
human rights
, but it is not used by everyone. It is thought that all
children
should go to school for
primary education
from the age of three years, to the age of ten years.
Furthermore, all children should have access to
secondary education
, and
higher education
. However, many children around the world cannot or do not go to secondary education or higher education.
The right to education is written in Article 26 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and Article 14 of the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
.
[1]
[2]
The right to education has also been re-stated in the 1960
UNESCO
Convention against Discrimination in Education
, 1st Protocol of
ECHR
and the 1981
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
.
[3]
It is also listed in the
European Convention on Human Rights, Protocol 1, Article 2
. Some national
constitutions
name this right, for example the
Belgian
constitution (former article 17, now article 24) or the
Dutch constitution (article 23)
.
[4]
the right to education give preference to all the children and help for her rights of education.