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| Mr. Ken Okoineme from Action Aid Nigeria speaking to students recently on rights to education |
The
ERC thanks Action Aid Nigeria (AAN) for its support to the 2012 edition of the
free holiday coaching. Action Aid Nigeria is a Non-governmental organization
with a youth group called Activista with focus and interest in empowering young
people intellectually to be able to organize and take action to peacefully
influence and bring positive change.
We
in the ERC look forward to partnering with AAN in future to make a better
success of this initiative and explore the possibility of extending this
programme to more communities in Lagos and other parts of the country as a
mutual part of our common area of campaign.
Action Aid
Charter on promoting rights in school
All
schools must respect the following fundamental rights:
1. Right to free and compulsory
education: there should be no charges, direct or indirect, for
primary education. Education must gradually be made free at all levels.
2. Right to non-discrimination: schools must not make any distinction in provision based on sex, race,
colour, language, religion, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, ability,
or any other status.
3. Right to adequate
infrastructure: there should be an appropriate number of classrooms,
accessible to all, with adequate and separate sanitation facilities for girls
and boys. Schools should be built with local materials and be resilient to
natural risks and disasters.
4. Right to quality trained
teachers: schools should have a sufficient number of trained
teachers of whom good proportion are female; teachers should receive good
quality pre-service and in-service training with built-in components on gender
sensitivity, non-discrimination, and human rights. All teachers should be paid
domestically competitive salaries.
5. Right to a safe and
non-violent environment: children should be safe on
route to and in school. Clear anti-bullying policies and confidential systems
for reporting and addressing any form of abuse or violence should be in place.
6. Right to relevant education: the curriculum should not discriminate and should be relevant to the
social, cultural, environmental, economic and linguistic context of learners.
7. Right to know your rights: schools should teach human rights education and children’s rights in
particular. Learning should include age-appropriate and accurate information on
sexual and reproductive rights.
8. Right to participate: girls and boys have the right to participate in decision-making
processes in schools. Appropriate mechanisms should be in place to enable the
full, genuine and active participation of children.
9. Right to transparent and
accountable schools: schools need to have transparent and effective
monitoring systems. Both communities and children should be able to participate
in accountable governing bodies, management committees and parents’ groups.
10. Right to quality learning: girls and boys have a right to a quality learning environment and to
effective teaching processes so that they can develop their personality,
talents and physical and mental abilities to their fullest potential.
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