Every child has the right to access safe, quality education according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. However, 124 million children worldwide are out of school and 250 million are not learning basic skills due to poor quality education. Girls, children with disabilities, those from minority groups and children living in poor, remote areas often face barriers to accessing education. Promoting free, equal access to quality education for all children from early learning through secondary helps children, families, communities and governments so that all children can get an education.

1. EDUCATION AS A RIGHT
OF THE CHILD

2. Every child has the right to access safe, quality education.
However, 124 million children across the world are out of school and
250 million are not learning basic skills as a result of poor quality
education.
Girls, children with disabilities, those from minority groups and
children living in poor and remote areas are most often denied access
to education. This has far-reaching consequences on their futures and
those of their families, communities and countries.
We promote free, equal access to quality education for all children –
from early learning to secondary education. We work with children,
their families, communities, wider society and governments, and
advocate at both local and international levels, so that all children
are able to get an education.

3. The Right to Inclusive, Quality Education
• Access to Education
• ARTICLE XIV. Section 1. The State shall protect and
promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all
levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible to all.

4. What is the right of the child when it
comes to education?
• The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child affirms that
every child has a right to education. The purpose of
education is to enable the child to develop to his or her
fullest possible potential and to learn respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms.
• Article 28 of the UNCRC says that children and young
people have the right to education no matter who they are:
regardless of race, gender or disability; if they're in
detention, or if they're a refugee

5. RA 6759
• It is declared to be the policy of the State to
promote and protect the physical, moral, and
social well-being of all handicapped persons,
such as the blind, and to undertake studies
on specific causes of high percentage of blind
people in the Philippines.

6. WHY DO CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT
TO BE EDUCATED?
• The Right to an Education is one of the most
important principles in becoming a Rights
Respecting School. Education is a key social and
cultural right and plays an important role in
reducing poverty and child labour. Furthermore,
education promotes democracy, peace, tolerance,
development and economic growth.
• Education is a right, not a privilege. In some
instances, quality education has a price tag, and is
exclusive to those who can pay.

7. Batas Pambansa 232 (THE EDUCATION
ACT OF 1982)
• This was an act providing for the establishment and
maintenance of an integrated system of education.
In accordance with Section 2, this act shall apply to
and govern both formal and non- formal system in
public and private schools in all levels of the entire
educational system.

8. Children’s Right to Education
• Access to education for children with disabilities
• Social norms and access to education for girls
• Access to education for children in poverty
• Access to Education in Emergencies
• Access to non-formal education