STEP 1 – BACKGROUND[1]
Review the background information and choose the most relevant information to share with your learners to support them in exploring the topic.
INTRODUCTION TO QUALITY EDUCATION
Quality education stems beyond the classroom. Its major focus is the overall development of the students, including the social, emotional, physical, mental, and cognitive aspects of growth. Quality education also includes the availability of resources and relevant infrastructures to facilitate learning the said skills. Hence, the focus of quality education is on the overall development of the student into capable adults who can make decisions and proffer solutions to the challenges in their environments.
Accessing and receiving quality education is a universal human right. The inalienable right of every child to quality education was first acknowledged in 1948 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Article 26 of the UDHR recognizes education as a right and states that:
- “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.
- 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.
- Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.”
[1] The contents in this Section have been adapted from the Global Schools Activity Guide on Quality Education.
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