Compendium
Agreements, Laws and Regulations Guarenteeing All Children Equal Right to Quality Education in an Inclusive Setting
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This Compendium is an important part of the Education Sector Response to HIV and AIDS. It introduces the reader to the legal rights of children to education, protection, care and non-discrimination. It is crucial that all children and young people are prepared to face the challenge of a growing HIV epidemic.Parents bear the main responsibility in raising and caring for their children, however the education sector is responsible for their academic and life skill education. Formal and informal education should prepare children and young people for life - no education programme is therefore complete without comprehensive HIV prevention education. Education for All will not be achieved unless education authorities, schools and communities recognise their legal and moral responsibility to provide quality education for ALL children in a child-friendly and inclusive setting - Without discrimination. All schools throughout Indonesia should therefore be physically, socially and financially accessible for ALL children. Special attention and efforts should be given to ensure access for children that are already excluded from schools as well as for children who are vulnerable to marginalisation and exclusion. We must therefore, proactively seek children living with and/or affected by HIV, children from income-poor families and from ethnic, language and religious minorities as well as children with disabilities and other special / individual learning needs and ensure that these children will be able to play and learn together with their peers. The Ministry of National Education, provincial, municipal and district education authorities, universities, schools, UN agencies as well as international and national non-governmental organisations have made tremendous progress on enrolment as well as the quality of education over the past few years. However the strive forward must be continued and efforts must be strengthened until all children are in school and learning, developing and participating actively. It is our sincere hope that this Compendium will offer support to those who struggle for the rights of all children. We must not allow ourselves to be satisfied with Education for Almost All.
Hubert Gijzen, PhD |