The rights of the child 2008, para. 21

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Recognizes the right to education on the basis of equal opportunity and non-discrimination by making primary education compulsory and available free to all children, ensuring that all children have access to education of good quality, as well as making secondary education generally available and accessible to all, in particular through the progressive introduction of free education, bearing in mind that special measures to ensure equal access, including affirmative action, contribute to achieving equal opportunity and combating exclusion, and ensuring school attendance, in particular for girls and children from low-income families in order to achieve the objectives of Education for All, with the aim of realizing the millennium development goal aimed at achieving universal primary education;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Girls
Year
2008
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (2008), A/RES/63/241, OP 21.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
21