Justiciability of the right to education 2013, para. 53
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The right to a quality education carries the obligation for States to ensure that curriculum meets essential objectives of education. In litigation by private colleges and universities in the Philippines, involving a statutorily assigned power to the Secretary of Education, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that the Government has good reason (public welfare) to regulate private education, and there was no undue exercise of power by the Secretary of Education in setting of school curricula, calendars, and examination procedures.
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
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/35, para. 53.