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“ Education is a Human Right and Not a Privilege”

In today’s world, as poverty, conflicts, natural disasters and epidemics are becoming more
frequent and complex, children are often denied their right to education. Never before in
humankind’s history, has the urgency for education been more important.

As children in some parts of the world learn and prepare themselves for a better and brighter
future, there remains more than 262 million children and young people around the world who are
out of school, not because they do not want to be there, but because they are simply not afforded
the chance. These children and youth are being denied not only their right to education, but are
also denied opportunities such as a fair chance to get a decent job, to escape poverty, to support
their families, and to contribute towards the development of their communities.

Education is the key that allows people to move up in the world, seek better jobs, and ultimately
succeed fully in life. Education is very important, and no one should be deprived of it. The right
to an education is one of the human natural rights which every person should have from youth to
when they are old. Human natural rights are fundamental privileges acquired from the rational
nature of man and the natural moral. Right to an education is an inalienable right for it cannot be
renounced or transferred because it is necessary for the fulfillment of one’s primitive obligation.

Education is one of the essential pillars of sustainable development. Without substantial

investment in human capital, countries cannot achieve sustainable economic development.
Education enriches people’s understanding of themselves and their surrounding world. It
improves the quality of their lives and leads to broad social benefits to individuals and society.
Education increases people’s productivity and creativity and promotes entrepreneurship and
technological advances. In addition, it plays a very crucial role in making economic and social
progress and improving income distribution. Not to mention, education is central to building
peace, as exclusion and inequity exacerbate disparities and conflicts. Moreover, education plays
a pivotal role in spreading the values of tolerance across communities and societies Education is
a right of all children and youth, regardless of their gender, race, religion or nationality. It is time
to ensure that this right is upheld at all levels.Education is the passport to a prosperous future and
enables children and young people to make a difference in their communities.

Education plays a critical role in the development of a generation of individuals that is virtuous
and in turn contributes to the development of good people. Through education, a person is able to
develop mentally, but also physically and socially. To the youths, education is important as it
helps them to develop the principles of life, enables them to make the correct career decisions
and also prepares them in the pursuit of the goals that they may have set for themselves in life.

Education is like a seed. And for this empowering right to flourish and grow, it must have the
best conditions. Education must not only be accessible to all, it must be of the highest quality.
And it is not a privilege to be bestowed by a government, it is a legal right for everyone –
children, youth and adults.