Year 7

What does a right to education really mean?

Year 7

What does a right to education really mean?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will we be learning about the right to education. We will be investigating how children in Nigeria experience barriers to their right to education, and how the Covid-19 pandemic has created challenges to children in the UK to access their right to education.

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4 Questions

Q1.
A catalyst event for many of the human rights that we have today was:
The birth of Queen Elizabeth II
The Olympic Games
Correct answer: The Second World War
Q2.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child was drawn up by which international body?
The Council of Europe
The European Union
Correct answer: The United Nations
Q3.
Which one of these is NOT a right guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)?
Right to a name and nationality
Right to education
Correct answer: Right to to on an overseas holiday
Q4.
Amnesty International is an example of a...
A local council
A political party
An advertising agency
Correct answer: Human Rights campaigning organisation

5 Questions

Q1.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has how many articles?
23
Correct answer: 42
56
7
Q2.
According to UNESCO, there are roughly how many children in the world missing out on an education?
210 million
241 million
Correct answer: 258 million
Q3.
The majority of children missing out on an education live in less economically developed countries (LEDCs). True or false?
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
Katie was a social worker in which African country?
Morocco
Correct answer: Nigeria
South Africa
Q5.
Did Katie suggest that girls often faced more barriers than boys in securing their right to an education? True or false.
False
Correct answer: True