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https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/09/legal-right-free-education-grows-globally>
"In today’s rapidly changing world, access to free education is essential for
sustainable development and for children to thrive. Although current
international treaties only prioritize a right to free education at the primary
level, more and more countries are recognizing that this is insufficient, and
are enacting national laws to expand children’s right to free education at the
pre-primary and secondary levels.
Since 2015, 16 countries have adopted laws to provide or expand free
pre-primary education. Pre-primary education, which takes place during the
early years when children’s brains are rapidly developing, has profound
benefits for children’s long-term development. But for many low-income
families, it is out of reach. When Azerbaijan adopted legislation providing
three years of free pre-primary education, participation rates shot up from 25
percent to 83 percent in four years. Armenia and Uzbekistan also saw large
increases in pre-primary participation after adopting laws to expand free
pre-primary.
Sierra Leone is the latest country to expand free education for children. In
2018, the government launched an ambitious Free Quality School Education
program to provide free education from pre-primary through secondary schools.
Enrollment across all levels surged from 2 million students to 3.1 million by
2021, with the biggest gains from low-income families. On April 24, Sierra
Leone enshrined free education in its national law. Sierra Leone children are
now legally guaranteed 13 years of free schooling, from one year of pre-primary
through secondary school."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-clean-energy-aids-big-cats-africa/
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