A Study on the actualization of the right to education through a social and economic rights lens
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2024
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Nafula, T. A.
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Strathmore University
Abstract
Social economic rights and freedoms are essential for the life and survival of all human beings as they seek to ensure that the basic dignity of the human being is respected and ensured. This is made possible by their nature as they focus on the living conditions of people; right to housing, right to work, right to health, right to education and so many other forms through which they come as enshrined in Article 23- 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. States have an obligation to ensure that these rights are actualized in their countries, and to enforce measures which would bring people closer to an enjoyment of their social economic rights and freedoms. One of the notable ways through which this can be achieved is through empowerment. This comes in many forms, but this research will focus on how education can empower people to attain the capabilities required to live a full and flourishing life through Armatya Sen’s capability theory. Education has been termed as an upstream right through which other rights can be acquired. This research seeks to ascertain the influence of education on the future realization of socioeconomic rights and thereafter assess whether or not Uganda has actualized the right to education. The area of reference would be Uganda, which promulgated the Universal Primary Education program, to ensure free education for children, since 1997. This makes it feasible to assess the effect of education on the socioeconomic status of the citizens of Uganda since 1997, in light of the reality that it is a progressive right, whose benefits cannot be assessed with immediate effect. This research will use qualitative research, to explore the actualization of socioeconomic rights in Uganda as a result of Uganda’s investment in education.
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Nafula, T. A. (2024). A Study on the actualization of the right to education through a social and economic rights lens [Strathmore University]. http://hdl.handle.net/11071/15859