The Universal Declaration of Human Rights-Article 26:“(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.”
This text was written on December 10, 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations, unfortunately almost anything hasn’t changed since then, for some people. In the today’s world there are 900 million illiterate adults worldwide, and over 113 million children of primary school age remain out of school, in both cases the majority are women.
The most part of the times things like the big distance between school and people’s houses; if they have very poor family’s that can´t pay the school fees, than they have to help in home, or their only chance is to win a scholarship; and if they live in a country with an authoritarian regime is very hard to get education especially for girls.
I think that no one should be obliged to quit school if they don´t want to, and the government of each country should have as first priority the education of their people because that will make a huge difference.
Bárbara Névoa 10A
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