Education as a human right

Maundu, J. (2021). Education as a human right. The Strategic Journal of Business and Change Management, 8(1), 101-104. https://doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v8i1.1897

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to explore the aspect of education as a human right. Education is a pathway towards intellectual enlightenment, capacity development and personal growth. In addition, education opens up human capacity for the pursuit of all other human rights. This underscores the relevance of the idea for education as a human right in developing sufficient understanding on all dynamics that define the human life. The paper also looked into the article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the year 1948 from which 58 countries declared elementary education as a human right. The study established that to date the realization of free and quality education of the human family still faces numerous barriers such as primitive cultures, insecurity and poverty. The global cooperation through UNESCO offers hope in coordinating efforts towards the realization of free and fair education as a right for all global citizens