In India, the Constitution (86th Amendment) Act 2002 which has made free and
compulsory education right of all children from 6 to 14 years of age, gave further thrust to the goal of universal primary education.
Not exact matches
Matters came to crisis point a year ago when the last government's Children, Schools & Family Bill sought to impose a statutory sex and relationship
education (SRE) curriculum on all schools from the primary stage (currently SRE is only
compulsory in secondary schools and the content can be determined by each school) and to remove the
right of parents to withdraw their children from inappropriate SRE lessons from the age of 15.
The State shall «make effective provision for securing the
right to work, to
education» (Part IV, 41), provide «free and
compulsory education for all children» (45), and «promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people» (46).
Since, however, too few people are even aware of their
right to home educate, EO has worked to raise public awareness of the fact that, in the UK it is not school, but
education, that is
compulsory.
Sex and Relationships
Education (SRE) could soon be made
compulsory in all schools, including «faith» schools, with no
right for parents to withdraw their children, it has been reported.
Children deserve and are entitled to this
education regardless of the kind of school they have had chosen for them, or of the religion of their parents, so it's absolutely
right both that SRE should be
compulsory in all schools and that no child should miss out on it by being opted out.
Addressing the opening session of today's event, Najat Vallaud - Belkacem, France's Minister of
Education, Higher Education and Research, said that her country endorsed the four principles of the Agenda: the right to free and compulsory quality education; the affirmation that education is a public responsibility; the need to give adults lifelong learning opportunities; and the priority given to gender
Education, Higher
Education and Research, said that her country endorsed the four principles of the Agenda: the right to free and compulsory quality education; the affirmation that education is a public responsibility; the need to give adults lifelong learning opportunities; and the priority given to gender
Education and Research, said that her country endorsed the four principles of the Agenda: the
right to free and
compulsory quality
education; the affirmation that education is a public responsibility; the need to give adults lifelong learning opportunities; and the priority given to gender
education; the affirmation that
education is a public responsibility; the need to give adults lifelong learning opportunities; and the priority given to gender
education is a public responsibility; the need to give adults lifelong learning opportunities; and the priority given to gender equality.
Legislation provides for
compulsory schooling and the
right to free pre-primary and basic
education, which includes, among other things, daily meals for students and subsidised transport.
In response to a call for evidence from the Women and Equalities Committee the BHA has said that the government's decision not to make PSHE
compulsory «flies in the face» of the recommendations made by a huge number of
education, health, and children's
rights experts, including the Chief Medical Officer, the Children's Commissioner for England, and the NSPCC.
A space for alternate schools Note on behalf of «Alternative Schools» with regard to certain provisions of the
Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009 Summary This is a representation by a group of educators...
A Michigan Court of Appeals held that a statute permitting local school districts to furnish transportation without charge for students of state - approved private schools did not violate Michigan's first Blaine Amendment (Article I, Section 4) because the statute's intended and actual effect was to assist parents in complying with state
compulsory education laws while recognizing their
right to send their children to religious schools.
This week, the Department for
Education said plans for
compulsory sex and relationship educ a problem for the Conservatives: marriage, religious allowances, the
right of parents to withdraw their child from lessons they disagree with.
There are
compulsory attendance laws to protect a child's
right to an
education but people have always had a choice in how to comply with that law.
During the last six months, it has been counselling students admitted under the
Right to Free and
Compulsory Education (RTE) Act in four schools.