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March 10, 2022

Quality Education

Age Group:
Junior Cycle / Senior Cycle / Transition Year
Themes:
  • Goal 4
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Subjects:
  • English
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  • Geography
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  • Irish
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  • Modern Foreign Languages
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  • Politics and Society
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INTRODUCTION – Why is this a Global Justice Issue?

Education is important for an individual’s, community’s and nation’s development. Education is a public good, a global common good, a fundamental human right and a basis for guaranteeing the realisation of other rights. However, education needs to be relevant and of good quality and should not be used as a tool to shape a political, economic, corporate or social agenda that goes against the wellbeing and happiness of people and in particular children. Quality education is also a retention issue. Although great gains have been made as regards the numbers getting into school, the numbers staying in school is a different story.

 


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