Pledge to join RCE Quality Assurance System
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This is the proposed Pledge for educational environments joining the Rights-Centric Education Alliance
Draft Pledge for Rights-Centric Education
On behalf of the Children whose Rights I/We have a Voluntary/Mandatory obligation to Respect, I/We pledge My/Our commitment to overhaul Practices relating to Education of the Child (as defined in the Declaration of Rights-Centric Education) applicable in My/Our environment in order to support the fullest possible realisation of the Rights of Child.
Furthermore, recognizing that the Rights-Centric Education Reporting Mechanism fulfills the requirements of “a rights-based quality assurance system (including school self-evaluation and development planning) for education in general”, the creation of which was approved by the United Nations General Assemby in 2005, I/We pledge to periodically Report, preferably annually but no later than 24 months from the date of My/Our last Report,
- The extent to which Child Rights are currently Respected and Fulfilled in the Educational environment I/We have responsibility for,
- An evaluation of the steps taken towards Respecting and Fulfilling Rights since the last Report (or, in the case of the first Report, all steps taken in the past); and
- A plan outlining the steps to be taken before the next Report.
Signatories can be:
- Parents / Guardians who are fulfilling their responsibility, right and duty to provide appropriate direction and guidance to their Child/ren in the exercise by their Child Rights (Art. 5 of CRC)
- Independent educational institutions (Established pursuant to Art. 29 2 of CRC), who commit to act in loco parentis vis a vis Art. 5
- State institutions providing Education (as defined in the Declaration of Rights-Centric Education) to Children, who are obliged under the CRC to respect, protect, and strive to fulfil the Rights of Children
Optional Content in Pledges
Parties to the Pledge may include the following in their plans
- Art 29 1 "The Aims of Education"
- Art 12 "The Right to be Heard"
- Art 8 “The Right to an Identity”
- Art 13 "Freedom of Expression"
- Art 14 “Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion”
- There's work-in-progress content in Unclassified Pledge Content (will not be easy to make sense of)
