Importance Of Access To Education

Human rights are defined as rights that are inherent to everyone. That is rights that are permanent and essential. It is every child’s right, including those with disabilities, to free and quality primary and secondary education. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international instrument that states access to education is a basic human right. Any form of exclusionary practices are violations of human rights. All children have the universal right to free primary education that is free from discrimination.

Inclusive education is an international aim to increase access, participation and achievement for all learners in educational especially those who don’t qualify or are placed into other educational settings than ordinary schools. …show more content…
It involves changes and modifications in content approaches structures and strategies, with a common vision which covers all children of the appropriate age range and a conviction that it is the responsibility of the regular system to educate all children.”[2] Access to education is necessary but is not sufficient. There is a difference between access to education and access in education. Access to education is known as formal access – access to the institution itself. Access in education is the knowledge that institution has to offer and to what happens inside education. Inclusive education implies full participation not just access and it is applicable to all learners not just some. All learners, no matter if they are disabled or not, have the right to continued learning and progression on an equal level as everyone else.