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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary collection explores how a human rights perspective offers new insights and tools into the current obstacles to education. It examines the role of private actors, the need to hold states to account, the balance between religion, culture and education, girls' right to education and the role of courts.
Table of ContentsForeword ~ Kishore Singh Introduction ~ Sandra Fredman, Meghan Campbell and Helen Taylor Part I: The role of public and private actors in education Public rights and private schools: state accountability for violations of rights in education ~ Conor O’Mahony The dynamics of regulating low-fee private schools in Kenya ~ Gilbert Mitullah Omware Education at the margins: the potential benefits of private educational initiatives for disadvantaged groups ~ Melanie Smuts Part II: Balancing the right to freedom of religion and culture and the right to education Calling the farce on minority schools ~ Jayna Kothari The challenge of Afrikaans language rights in South African education ~ Michael Bishop Part III: Gender equality in education: moving beyond access to primary education Women and education: the right to substantive equality ~ Sandra Fredman Equality and the right to education: let’s talk about sex education ~ Meghan Campbell Part IV: Litigating for quality and equality in education Conceptualising and enforcing the right to quality education for minorities and disadvantaged groups: reflections of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity litigation ~ Helen Taylor From the classroom to the courtroom: litigating education rights in South Africa ~ Jason Brickhill and Yana van Leeve Human rights and equality in education: Conclusion ~ Sandra Fredman, Meghan Campbell and Helen Taylor
