1. State Parties agree that the education of the child shall be directed to:

(a) The development of the child's personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential;

(b) The development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations;

(c) The development of respect for the child's parents, his or her own cultural identity, language and values, for the national values of the country in which the child is living, the country from which he or she may originate, and for the civilizations different from his or her own;

(d) The preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin;

(e) The development of respect for the natural environment.

2. No part of the present article or article 28 shall be construed so as to interfere with the liberty of individuals and bodies to establish and direct educational institutions, subject always to the observance of the principle set forth in paragraph 1 of the present article and to the requirements that the education given in such institutions shall conform to such minimum standards as may be laid down by the State.

1. State Parties recognize the right of the child to education, and with a view to achieving this right progressively and on the basis of equal opportunity, they shall, in particular:

(a) Make primary education compulsory and available free to all;

(b) Encourage the development of different forms of secondary education, including general and vocational education, make them available and accessible to every child, and take appropriate measures such as the introduction of free education and offering financial assistance in case of need;

(c) Make higher education accessible to all on the basis of capacity by every appropriate means;

(d) Make educational and vocational information and guidance available and accessible to all children;

(e) Take measure to encourage regular attendance at schools and the reduction of drop-out rates.

2. State Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that school discipline is administered in a manner consistent with the child's dignity and in conformity with the present Convention.

3. State Parties shall promote and encourage international cooperation in matters relating to education, in particular with a view to contributing to the elimination of ignorance and illiteracy throughout the world and facilitating access to scientific and technical knowledge and modern teaching methods. In this regard, particular account shall be taken of the needs of developing countries.

Article 29

…the goals adopted in 2000 at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, attempt to explicitly integrate a quality dimension as an objective.

The EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005 has quality as its central theme (UNESCO 2004).
But all too often an input based approach to school quality is adopted in which measures of inputs, thought to be associated with quality are measured (e.g. class size, infrastructure adequacy, teacher qualifications, etc) but with little or no emphasis on actual student learning.

I just happened to have my camera at this Exhibition and
so I hadn’t sought parental permission for filming. Consequently, there is no direct footage of the students.