The Right to Education – A Global Perspective “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela This saying of Nelson Mandela reveals a lot about the importance of education as a mean of achieving the changes we want to see in the world. Realizing the importance of education is highly significant for the nation and the world as a whole; however‚ giving equal education opportunities to people within specific countries and around the world remains
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The right to education is a universal entitlement to education‚ recognized in the International Covenant on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights as a human right that includes the right to free‚ compulsory primary education for all‚ an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all‚ in particular by the progressive introduction of free secondary education‚ as well as an obligation to develop equitable access to higher education‚ ideally by the progressive introduction of free higher
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WAQAR AHMAD RANA Topic: HUMAN RIGHTS (Rights to free and compulsory Education in Pakistan) HUMAN RIGHTS: Human rights imply the rights concerning to life‚ freedom‚ equality and self-worth of the distinct. The UN charter in its preamble reaffirms the determination of the United Nations “to save the succeeding generations from the scourge of war‚ reaffirmed faith in fundamental human rights and pledged to promote social progress and better standards of life. There is - of course‚ one might
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EDUCATION OF WOMEN * More than 10‚000 girls a day will get married before they turn 15. * More than 60% of the 110 million children out of school are girls. * Two-thirds of the world’s children who receive less than four years of education are girls. Girls represent nearly 60% of the children not in school. * In the past‚ women with little education often believed that they were not capable of things like participating in politics‚ having a career or even owning property. * Women
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concerned. But so far as education is concerned it is a backward country. In past‚ women did not receive any education at all. They were not allowed to come out of the four walls of their houses. Domestic works were their only education. During the British rule in India some noble social thinkers of the time paid their attention to the education of woman in our country. Raja Ram Mohan Ray‚ Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar was famous reformers who gave emphasis on the education of women. They put forth
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What would you do if you were not allowed to get an education? You couldn’t read or write. You had to work a minimum wage job at a factory and you weren’t happy with the job. You couldn’t teach your kid any skills because you didn’t learn anything. The biggest part of growing up is making the right choices that benefit you in the future. The idea is to get an education so you can choose a career‚ have hope‚ and reach your goals and dreams. Education is powerful because without it‚ early civilizations
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The Importance of Education Can you believe that in some countries education is not free? And in “Pakistan”‚ the Taliban doesn’t let girls go to school because they think‚ that “God is a tiny‚ little conservative being who would send girls to hell”. Just because of going to school. In my opinion‚ the importance of education is undeniable for every single person. It goes without saying that education has a positive effect on human life. All people need to study‚ only with the advent
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Importance of Education Today‚ education is viewed as a vital key to success in life‚ and knowledge has become every individual’s aim or concern. Each one of us is born in a different medium and of different social and cultural norms; however‚ most of us approve of education’s positive effects on society. Therefore‚ ‘Why do we need education?’ and ‘why do we think education is important?’ is the issue to tackle. To get a better grip of this complex theme we have to distinguish three different
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INTRODUCTION “ Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer--into a selflessness which links us with all humanity ” Scholars believe that in ancient India‚ the women enjoyed equal status with men in all fields of life. However‚ some others hold contrasting views. Works by ancient Indian grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana suggest that women were educated in the early Vedic period Rigvedic verses suggest that the women married at a mature age and were probably
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Respected Chairperson‚ honourable judges‚ members of staff and friends. My knowledgeable opponent is of the opinion that the education of the girl child of the family is a burden. I strongly oppose the motion. May I ask how can educating the girl child‚ who is an equal partner in sharing the responsibilities and duties‚ be a burden? She will be sharing the burden and reducing its impact by supplementing the resources rather than reducing them. Let me draw your attention to the fact that
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