scholarly journals Child migrants’ right to education in a London academy: tensions between policy, language provision, and international standards

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-90
Author(s):  
Vanessa Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Migrant Students ◽  
League Tables ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right

As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, enshrined in national legislation, all children in the UK have the right to education. In the everyday life of schools, this human rights framework must often be balanced with other policies, such as immigration and securitisation ones. Teachers are expected to police membership boundaries and keep their students under surveillance, while delivering results in compliance with audits and league tables. Based on a thematic analysis of an ethnographic study of an English as an Additional Language (EAL) classroom in a diverse London academy, this paper argues that recently-arrived migrant students and their teachers often find themselves at the intersection of contradictory policy agendas that rarely consider the needs of the children themselves. Analysing how national and international policy discourses play out in the classroom, I argue that there is a mismatch between different policy areas, and between policy expectations and everyday practice.

scholarly journals Migrações internacionais e o direito à educação: Desafios para o enfrentamento de desigualdades pelas políticas dos sistemas de ensino

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Ana Lorena Bruel ◽  
Isabelle Rigoni ◽  
Maïtena Armagnague
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Migrant Students ◽  
International Context ◽  
Migrant Populations ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Education Network ◽  
The Right

Studies about international migrant students in primary school are increasingly frequent in the educational literature. There is a strengthening on the production of international scholarship that seek to guide the debate on international migration policies and the defense of the right to education as a fundamental human right regardless of status, citizenship, or the existence of official identity documents, a right guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child. International migration processes are multiple and heterogeneous. The origins of migration are plural, as are the forms of reception in the countries of destination or transit. In the field of educational policy, researches observe that international migrant students may go through totally different schooling processes, with very different reception and permanence policies, depending on the school, education network or country in which they are. In this heterogeneous and complex international context, we present this dossier with the aim of contributing to an expanded reflection on the educational policies compared to international migrant populations in different countries, guaranteeing a multiplicity of voices, theoretical perspectives and fields of study.

scholarly journals The Role of Open and Distance Learning in the Implementation of the Right to Education in Zambia

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Siaciwena ◽  
Foster Lubinda
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Child Policy ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
The Right

As a member of the United Nations, Zambia is committed to the observance of human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. This is evidenced, among others, by the fact that Zambia is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Zambia has a permanent Human Rights Commission that includes a subcommittee on child rights whose focus is on child abuse and education. Zambia also has a National Child Policy and National Youth Policy whose main objectives are to holistically address problems affecting children and youth. This paper focuses on the progress and challenges currently facing Zambia and the role of open and distance learning in addressing those challenges.

scholarly journals The Realization of the Right to Education in Slovenia

Šolsko polje ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol XXXI (3-4) ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Marjan Šimenc ◽  
Zdenko Kodelja
Keyword(s):  
Private Education ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

The article presents the realization of the right to education, as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in the Republic of Slovenia. At the outset, attention is drawn to the special status of the right to education, which is not only the right of children, but also adults. Moreover, the right to education is closely linked to the realization of all other rights. This article presents a general overview of the implementation of rights according to Articles 28 and 29 of the Convention. Then it outlines the problems with the implementation of the Convention in selected areas. The main points are related to the education of Roma children, the quality of knowledge, private education. The complexity of the problem of the realization of the rights of Romani children to education has been repeatedly pointed out in international RS reports on the implementation of the Convention. It is not so obvious, however, that the quality of the knowledge received by students in schools is also an aspect that should be considered from the perspective of the Convention. This article analyses the regulation of private schools: this is the area of education in Slovenia where the biggest normative and factual change has occurred in the period after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The analysis shows that the arrangement is such that it satisfies the requirements set forth in the Convention.

scholarly journals The rainbow shamrock

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaëtan Cognard
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
National Policies ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Uk

Abstract This article focuses on article 28 (right to education), article 29 (goals of education) and article 30 (children from minority or indigenous groups) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and their implementation in the several national policies of Western Europe, especially the UK and Ireland, and to a lesser extent, France. The present research looked more particularly into the situation of children from two communities: Gypsy, Roma and Travellers (referred to as GRT) and Irish Travellers. Although they are from different backgrounds, the analysis proved relevant because of the bridges that exist between their cultures and lifestyles, and because of their minority status within larger dominant communities, placing their children in the frontline of the UNCRC battle. The text of the UNCRC itself was a starting point. The research was mainly based on a series of reports from governments, from organizations such as the Traveller Movement, on articles from newspapers, and testimonies from GRT children and Irish Travellers. The results showed that the implementation of articles 28 to 30 of the UNCRC was being by and large slowly carried out by the countries under study. Yet, national disparities were evident. Also, their national policies revealed different contexts. Ireland seemed to be paving the way for the inclusion of minorities within the educational system.

scholarly journals PEMENUHAN HAK PENDIDIKAN ANAK DIDIK PEMASYARAKATAN DI LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN ANAK

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatik Mei Widari
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Correctional Institution ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Quality Program ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Children Education

AbstractViolation much going against the rights of children, government attention is needed in the fulfillment of Human Rights on the right to education of children in Child Penitentiary. Embodiment of the fulfillment of the right to education in Child Correctional Institution is required to support the empowerment of human resources in the future as a pillar of development and life. Article 9 paragraph (1) of Act No. 23 of 2002 states that every child has the right to obtain education and teaching in the context of personal development and level of intelligence in accordance with their interests and talents. This is one of the fundamental importance of education of children in prisons who should still be considered by all parties, both government and society itself. The substance which covers the definition of child described in various laws and regulations vary nationally and internationally by the Convention on Rights of the Child among others, every human being under the age of 18 years unless another set that applies to children determined that early adulthood is achieved. Constraints faced in fulfilling Correctional Institution Children Educate Children education Correctional rights, namely the substance of the Act, the interests and obligations related institutions, students in prisons that are not motivated, infrastructure (facilities construction), Lecturer and staff, quality program development, cooperation and coordination, funding, child welfare and community. Keywrods : student in prisont, education right

Jordan’s Commitment towards Compulsory and Free Basic Education as a Constitutional Right: An Analytical Field Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-386
Author(s):  
Ali Mohamed Aldabbas ◽  
Kamal Jamal Alawamleh ◽  
Worud Jamal Awamleh
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Right

Abstract This study examines the extent to which Jordan is committed to principles of compulsory and free basic education, by analyzing legislation in light of constitutional and international standards regarding the right to education. Methodology includes quantitative assessment of these principles using a questionnaire distributed to students and their teachers in a number of public schools in three Jordanian governorates. Three focus group sessions composed of students and their teachers were held. The study suggests that, whilst the Jordanian Constitution has explicitly adopted such principles, Jordanian law yet includes provisions that diminish providing free basic education to all children of compulsory age and that mitigate the number of students who drop out of school. This study proposes amending the title of Chapter II of the Constitution and Article 20 to ensure that all children living in Jordan enjoy the right to education.

scholarly journals Taking into Account the Child’s Own Views in the Field of Medical Care: International Standards and Experience of Ukraine

Medicne pravo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
H. A. MYRONOVA ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Key Words ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Public Discussion ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Ability To Consent ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
The Right

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN) outlines the fundamentalrights of the child, which is also the basis for regulating relations in the fieldof care. In particular,States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his orher own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affectingthe child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with theage and maturity of the child.In Ukraine, both legislation and most researchers believe that a clear agerestriction on a child's ability to consent to healthcare is necessary. However,the child's competence to make autonomous informed decisions about medicalintervention is not always directly dependent on age, but is individualized.Therefore, the problem of taking into account the child's opinion when providinghis or her medical care requires public discussion and development of newlegal tools. Key words: The Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN), taking intoaccount the child's thoughts, the child's competence to consent to medicalintervention.

scholarly journals THE RIGHT EDUCATION IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD

2022 ◽  
pp. 114-117
Author(s):  
V. Dorina
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Right

The article is devoted to ensuring the best interest of the child and his right to education. Attention is paid to the problems associated with the implementation of this right by various groups of children, depending on their social status and ethnic origin. The author draws attention to the implementation of the law under study in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exacerbated the problems of gender inequality, the quality of educational services, as well as access to them. The need for certain actions on the part of the state is indicated, in particular, making changes to the curricula to bring them in line with the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in order to realize the right to education of the child from the standpoint of ensuring the best interest.

CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO HEALTH IN THE ACTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 2051-2055
Author(s):  
Mariya Hristozova
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Right

One of the most vulnerable people in every society is children who, due to their physical, emotional, psychological and social immaturity, can not protect their fundamental rights and freedoms themselves and need increased support from the international community and national authorities. In view of these objective circumstances, in the system of the United Nations has adopted a number of legal acts which lay down minimum international standards for the protection of children's righThe most important and comprehensive international treaty for the protection of children 's rights is the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This Act proclaims a number of civil, economic, social and cultural rights for children who should be protected in all legal systems, such as: the right to education, the right to social security, the right to a standard of living appropriate to the physical, mental, social development of the child and other rights.Article 24 of the UN Convention also sets out the right of every child to enjoy "the highest attainable standard of health and health services to treat illness and restore his health." The right of children to health includes in its content, separate, autonomous rights and freedoms, such as the right to access quality medical care and remedies for illness and health rehabilitation, the right to control one's own health and body and others.In fulfillment of their obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, States have an obligation to take comprehensive measures to ensure the fundamental human rights enshrined in the international treaty, including children's health, such as legislative, administrative, economic and other measures.However, the adoption of an appropriate legal framework is not sufficient to ensure effective protection of children's health. That right falls under the category of social rights, the full exercise of which requires active cooperation from the States. Today in a number of reports by international organizations is stated that many countries do not have sufficient financial resources to ensure the practical implementation of their obligations under international treaties, which creates a real risk to the children's right to health and for all their fundamental rights. In view of these disturbing data, further steps need to be taken to strengthen and guarantee all children's fundamental rights, especially their right to health, both at international and national level.

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