Lifelong learning and the right to education 2016, para. 94
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- Governments can support learners in various ways, such as by mandating that employers provide educational leave for employees or paid training to upgrade skills and by encouraging more people to avail themselves of unpaid educational or training leave. During his recent visit to Fiji, the Special Rapporteur was informed that the Ministry of Education provided qualified teachers up to one year 's paid leave to upgrade their qualifications. The Special Rapporteur also notes that the Government of Austria pays an allowance at the same rate as unemployment benefits to compensate for the income that has been forgone, and trainees receive a further training allowance (Weiterbildungsgeld) from the Employment Service equivalent to the level of unemployment benefit to which they are entitled. In Finland, participants can also avail themselves of a grant equal to the unemployment benefit.
- 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)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/358, para. 94.
- Paragraph number
- 94
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