Privatization and the right to education 2014, para. 65
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The provision of basic education free of cost is not only a core obligation of States, but also a moral imperative. Social protests against exorbitant fee increases in education, especially in privatized higher education, are well known. In 2011, Chile became a glaring example of sacrificing social interest in education in favour of privatization; protests against privatization demanding an end to for-profit educational institutions that involved high costs for students were violently suppressed by police forces, resulting in the killing of a student.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Social & Cultural Rights
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2014), A/69/402, para. 65.