Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 67
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Full development of the human personality is the primary objective of education, as laid down in international human rights conventions. The four pillars of education - learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together and learning to be - propounded by the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-First Century in its 1996 report Learning: the Treasure Within, continue to be important. Higher education is a public good and a public service, and massive open online courses should not be used to weaken public provision of education or promote the privatization and commercialization of public education.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/37, para. 67.