June 26, 2019
41st Session of the Human Rights Council Item 3 – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
June 26, 2019
Pope Francis recently recalled that “Teaching cannot be merely a trade, but is a mission”. Education, therefore, must not be considered a commodity, nor students and their families regarded as clients. “education is the right of everyone, including the poor”. Parents have the primary “right to educate their child according to their religious and moral beliefs, including dimensions of human love and related matters concerning the nature of sexuality, marriage and the family”.
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