This book focuses on all issues related to the human right of child primary education. It addresses issues of access to education, the benefits of schooling, primary education and human rights law, the role of states and NGOs towards improving enrolment rates, as well as policy recommendations.

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Fait Muedini is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Butler University, USA and a Fellow at the Desmond Tutu Center for Peace, Reconciliation, and Global Justice at the Christian Theological Seminary, USA and Butler University, USA. He also founded and runs the website www.internationalrelations.org.

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Book Title: Human Rights and Universal Child Primary Education
Authors: Fait Muedini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137523242
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52323-5Published: 16 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52324-2Published: 16 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 195
Topics: Public Policy, Educational Policy and Politics, Education Policy, Political Science, Political Communication, Social Policy

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Importance of Education: What Are the Benefits of Providing Free Child Primary Schooling?

Child Education in International Human Rights Law

What Are the Reasons Why Children Are Not Attending Primary School?

State Challenges to Ensuring Free Primary Schooling: Case Studies

Non-State Actors: The Role of NGOs in the Fight for Free Universal Education

Conclusion and Recommendations

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