Lifelong learning and the right to education 2016, para. 57

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The Special Rapporteur underlines the importance of the constitutional bases of lifelong learning. For example, in the Republic of Korea, it is the constitutional obligation of the State to promote "lifelong education" (art. 31 (5)). The Framework Act on Education of the Republic of Korea introduced the right of every citizen to learn throughout life. The country also adopted the Lifelong Education Act. In Argentina, the right to learn is enshrined in article 14 of the national Constitution of 22 August 1994. The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines encourages the development of non-formal, informal and indigenous learning systems, as well as the provision of adult education and vocational training.
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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
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/358, para. 57.
Paragraph number
57