Suggested activities for students

  • Do you know which article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights refers to the right to education? Get a copy of the declaration and find out the different aspects of education that are covered by this particular human right.

  • http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/index.htm Is this right being respected in your community/country? If not, what are some of the impediments that are preventing it from being respected? Conduct research on this topic as a class project.

  • Launch an "Education for All" campaign by mobilizing your friends, members of your family, community and elected officials.

  • Commemorate International Literacy Day (September 8) through various activities such as exhibitions, seminars, round tables, etc. Invite representatives of local organizations working with street children, marginalized youth, adult literacy, refugees and other disadvantaged groups to your school and organize a discussion day with them. http://www.unesco.org/education.

  • Get involved with a local association or civic organization working on literacy or informal educational projects and share your skills and knowledge. Organize evening literacy classes for adults in your school and, in return, invite them to share their oral history and traditions with the students for a mutual learning experience.

  • Support and learn more about world concerns through the UNESCO Co-Action Programme which helps fund many different small scale educational projects, proposed and implemented by non-governmenral organizations, community groups and individuals. You could raise funds for children with special needs in Samoa; a village school in Burkina Faso; a library for marginalized youths in Guatemala; or any other similar projects. Ask for a project brochure from the UNESCO Co-Action Programme, based at the agency’s headquarters in Paris, tel. n°: (+33-1) 45 68 15 66 or fax n°: (33-1) 45 68 55 07.