What does the right to education really mean? | Citizenship

Starter quiz

All rights are __________, meaning everyone is entitled to them.
- universal ✓
- the same
Which organisation is responsible for the UNCRC?
- Universal Nations
- United Nations ✓
- United National
- Universal Nature
Put the words in order so that they show what the UDHR stands for.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Universal
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Declaration
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  of
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  Human
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  Rights
The UNCRC was signed by __________ countries.
- 9
- 96
- 196 ✓
- 296
Rights are things that we are all __________ to by law.
- entitled ✓
- opposed
- denied
- excluded
Match the start of the sentence with its ending.
- Rights are designed so everyone
  
  ⇔
  
  can live a healthy, happy and safe life. ✓
- Children have different rights because
  
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  they need to be protected as they grow up. ✓
- Adults and children both have rights
  
  ⇔
  
  that we should respect and support. ✓

How is the right to be educated protected?
- by people
- by your parents
- by law ✓
- by schools
Education helps you in the workplace by giving you skills and ...
- 'knowledge' ✓
Which statement is true? According to UNICEF, in 2024 ...
- 251 million children were denied the right to an education. ✓
- 251 thousand children were denied the right to an education.
- 251 million children chose not to go to school.
- 251 thousand children chose not to go to school.
Match the beginning of the sentence with the end.
- Natural disasters
  
  ⇔
  
  like earthquakes can block access to education. ✓
- Poor governmental
  
  ⇔
  
  policies can prevent children from going to school. ✓
- Conflict or war
  
  ⇔
  
  can make it dangerous for children to go to school. ✓
- Changemakers like
  
  ⇔
  
  Malala Yousafzai advocate for a child’s right to education worldwide. ✓
Education promotes mental and physical ...
- discrimination
- law
- health ✓
- prejudice
If we were defining the word, 'right', which would be most accurate?
- something that most of us are entitled to
- something that we are all entitled to ✓
- something that we will never be entitled to
- something that we wish we had but don't

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A child’s right to education is protected by law under the UNCRC without discrimination.
Education gives skills, opportunities, empowerment, equality and boosts mental and physical health.
251 million children worldwide are denied their right to education.
Natural disasters, conflict or poor government policies can block access to education.
Malala Yousafzai is a changemaker who advocates for a child’s right to education worldwide.

Everyone gets an education.

Some children do not have access to their right to education.

Right - something we are entitled to by law
Education - the way we learn about the world, gain new skills and prepare for the future through school, books or experiences
Uncrc - the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; a legally binding international agreement that sets out the rights of all children, regardless of their race, religion or abilities