Privatisation

Open letter to the World Bank and its donors

2019
Right to Education Initiative and others

Open letter to the World Bank in support of development aid going to free, quality public education signed by the Right to Education Initiative, together with 173 civil society organizati

South African court holds that private schools must consider the best interests of the child when collecting tuition fees

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The importance and value of an education and its status as a fundamental human right is universally recognised. Sadly, for many learners in South Africa’s public education system, the enjoyment of this right is constantly being threatened by an array of historical and administrative challenges. Under apartheid, historically ‘black’ schools were cruelly underfunded and under-resourced and this legacy has led to many public schools facing systemic problems that still persist to this day.

Privatisation and the sale of public school lands in Mauritania

2018
The Association of Women Head of Families (AFCF), the Coalition of Mauritanian Education Organisations (COMEDUC) and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR).

This report, conducted in the context of Mauritania's review by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, seeks to advance the discussion and analysis of the privatisation of education in Maurit