Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 92
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- Recalling the report he submitted to the General Assembly at its seventieth session, in which he expressed concern regarding the risks of public-private partnerships and the right to education, the Special Rapporteur calls upon Governments to be vigilant against commercial pressures that promote the sale of technology without due concern for the actual benefits of students or teachers, educational establishments and the education system at large. Governments should seek evidence of the value of any investment into digital technologies before diverting resources from the education sector. This is critically important as growing interest is being manifested today in seeking partnerships with multiple stakeholders. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that Governments and, through them, all providers of education, whether operating independently or jointly with Governments, remain accountable given that States bear responsibility for ensuring respect for the right to education in all partnerships.
- 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
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Education, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/37, para. 92.
- Paragraph number
- 92
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