Universal Compulsory Education

Universal access to education encourages a variety of pedagogical approaches to disseminate knowledge across the diversity of social, cultural, economic, national, international, and biological backgrounds. It recognizes equal opportunity in education for everyone regardless of their social class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnic background or physical and mental disabilities. The central principles of the right to education remain unchanged, but stakeholders must interpret and apply human rights norms to reflect the realities of diverse and ever-changing societies. Therefore, the themes governing universal access to education have expanded to include a global perspective.

Primary Duty

Because ignorance and lack of education create divisions among individuals, it becomes crucial to provide inclusive education, training, and instruction to society members on a national and global scale. In this way, we remedy the lack of mutual understanding and further advance humanity. This means that society has a universal duty to educate its citizens, requiring representatives to ensure access to education is complete.

Basic Human Right

Education is a basic human right that works to raise men and women out of poverty, level inequalities and ensure sustainable development. But worldwide, 244 million children and youth are still out of school for social, economic and cultural reasons. Education is one of the most powerful tools in lifting excluded children and adults out of poverty and is a stepping stone to other fundamental human rights. It is the most sustainable investment. The right to quality education is already firmly rooted in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international legal instruments, the majority of which are the result of the work of UNESCO and the United Nations. ⎯Wikipedia.

Uneducated

Despite improvements made, education up to this day is inaccessible to millions of schoolchildren. Over 72 million children of primary education age are out of school, and 759 million adults are uneducated. They do not have the resources to develop the situation of themselves, their families, and their countries. ⎯Wikipedia.

Poverty

Poverty leads to a lack of education. In most countries (developing and developed), children face barriers to education because of inequalities that emanate from health, gender, and cultural identity as religion, language, and ethnic origin. Factors associated with poverty include unemployment, illiteracy among parents, and ailments increase the possibility of non-schooling and dropout rates. ⎯Wikipedia.

Developing States

Universal primary education poses a major issue for various nations. These are developing states, and do not possess the financial resources needed to build schools, provide books and other materials, and recruit, train, and pay teachers. The Sub-Saharan African region has 32 million African children who are still uneducated. Central and East Asia and the Pacific followed this with over 27 million children uneducated.⎯UNESCO

Universal Goal

Observers noted universal access to education remains an attainable goal of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) by the year 2030.

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Links:
United Nations Development Program
UNESCO⎯Building a Stronger Multilateralism

Internal Programs that address Education Requirements:
Praxis-Nexus Institute
The Institute For Global Promise
Stanwood Center For Community Partnerships