Quality education for all children is a world wide commitment. This is evident by the large numbers of education and international laws and policies governing free and compulsory education that have been agreed upon by governments. Save the Children has seen the commitment in many places, not least with governments, parents and children but also with other actors in southern Sudan. However, drawing from a general experience, most actors move from a commitment for children’s rights to education into practical implementation, without necessarily keeping the rights perspective in mind when moving into implementation.
This report was conducted in order to facilitate a discussion among decision and policy makers on how they can keep a child rights perspective and goal of education access to all children in mind. On the same vein, we ensure that not only the goal but also the road towards the goal is based on the rights of girls and boys. This becomes even more important considering that many countries in the world do not have enough resources to ensure full access to quality education for all children within their countries immediately. With this report we hope that governments as well as those providing international assistance will fulfill their obligations to allocathe maximum extent of its resources for the implementation of the rights of children in general and to education in specific, as stipulated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.