Right to Education

The right to education is recognized as a fundamental human right in a number of international agreements, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and various UNESCO conventions and regional African and European frameworks. The Covenant commits states to provide free primary education for all, to progressively introduce free secondary education, and to make higher education equitably accessible. Despite this, in 2021 about 250 million children remained out of school worldwide, with social inequality identified as a major contributing factor and girls and young women making up 48 percent of the out-of-school population. The right is understood to require more than nominal enrollment: education must also be available, accessible, acceptable, and adaptable if it is to serve all populations equitably. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/