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04.08.08 UNESCO publishes The Right to Education: Monitoring standard-setting instruments of UNESCO

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UNESCO emphasizes the right to education as an internationally recognized right and its establishment in a number of standard-setting instruments adopted by the United Nations and by UNESCO.

The Right to Education: Monitoring standard-setting instruments of UNESCO, provides details regarding UNESCO's October 2007 Executive Board decision to monitor seven priority recommendations in the field of education, with a focus on Education for All (EFA).


The seven recommendations highlighted in the publication are:

  1. Recommendation against Discrimination in Education (1960);
  2. Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (1966);
  3. Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Cooperation and Peace, and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1974);
  4. Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education (1976);
  5. Recommendation on the Recognition of Studies and Qualifications in Higher Education (1993);
  6. Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (1997) and;
  7. Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education (2001).

Download the full document here: The Right to Education: Monitoring standard-setting instruments of UNESCO.

    Education Units

    APPEAL
    Asia and Pacific Programme of Education for All
    APEID
    Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development
    EPR
    Education Policy and Reform
    ESD
    Education for Sustainable Development
    HARSH
    HIV Coordination, Adolescent Reproductive and School Health Unit
    ICT
    Information Communication Technologies in Education
    EFA
    Education For All