Year: 2015 | Month: April | Volume 6 | Issue 1
Promoting the Right to Education through Social Security System in India
Abstract:
Statistical data from the International organizations indicate that more than 57 million children were out of out of school in 2011. Globally, access to primary schooling has increased modestly in recent years. The right to education is a basic human right and a necessary piece of government social policy for the prevention and alleviation of poverty. In addition, one of the basic social security guarantees is providing access to education. Promoting the right to education through universal primary education cannot be achieved unless children are removed from child labour and are supported by social protection schemes. Studies have shown that if properly managed through social protection mechanism, education section improves all parts of the development of a country. In India, There are innovative policy and legislative approaches about improving universal education through social protection programmes. The question of the role of Social Security in promoting education system has been recently debated in International Law and Indian law field. However, these works have not adequately addressed this issue.This article will discuss the practical problems related to the extension to the right to education through social protection mechanism in India. It further examines the strengths and weaknesses of international standards and Indian social security system, and suggests ways and means by which better social protection of Right to education can be achieved.
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