Protecting education against commercialization 2015, para. 81
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The commercialization of education necessarily involves the pursuit of material values to the detriment of the humanist mission of education. Private schools propagate a commercial value system and establish a learning system devoid of cultural diversity, as they cater to particular social strata. The "cultural-valuational currency" they breed is derogatory to the "moral worth" of the very poor. Privatization eclipses a holistic approach to education: learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together and learning to be.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
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Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
All
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Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/30, para. 81.