A Review of Rights-Based Approach for Children

Abstract

This review aims at critically analyzing the conceptual underpinnings, principles, and practical implications of a rights-based approach to education to children. The paper will investigate both core, express, and implied principles of participation, non-discrimination, accountability, dignity, and developing capabilities by utilizing the international human rights instruments: the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICS), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Further embracing a wider scope of access to schools, the research centers the child agency, empowerment and inclusion in the education systems. It also examines the issue of implementation, the educator role, the comparative views on student-centred learning, and the chosen international examples. The review holds that a rights-based approach is able to offer not just a pedagogical orientation but a normative and institutional rubric that is able to promote equitable and context-sensitive reforms in education.