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(c)
Building the capacity of teachers to use digital technologies while retaining
their freedom concerning pedagogical approaches;
(d)
Assessing the quality of education, including online or Internet education and
certification, including massive open online courses, and taking appropriate remedial or
other action to address policies or practices that prevent the enjoyment of the right to
education by, inter alia, engaging with existing national human rights mechanisms,
parliamentarians and civil society;
(e)
Putting in place a regulatory framework for education providers, including
those operating independently or in partnership with States, guided by international human
rights obligations, that establishes, inter alia, minimum norms and standards for the creation
and operation of educational services, addresses any negative impact of the
commercialization of education, and strengthens access to appropriate remedies and
reparation for victims of violations of the right to education;
(f)
Encouraging the availability of educational resources in various languages,
including in the implementation of information and communications technology in
education;
3.
Also urges all States to expand educational opportunities for all without
discrimination, recognizing the significant importance of investment in public education to
the maximum of available resources; to increase and improve domestic and external
financing for education, as affirmed in the Incheon Declaration and the Education 2030
Framework for Action; to ensure that education policies and programmes are consistent
with human rights standards and principles, including those laid down in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and in relevant international human rights instruments; and to
strengthen engagement with all relevant stakeholders, including communities, local actors
and civil society, to contribute to education as a public good;
4.
Further urges all States to regulate and monitor education providers and to
hold accountable those whose practices have a negative impact on the enjoyment of the
right to education, and to support research and awareness-raising activities to better
understand the wide-ranging impact of the commercialization of education on the
enjoyment of the right to education;
5.
Welcomes:
(a)
The work of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, and takes note
of his latest report, on issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age, with
a focus on higher education;3
(b)
The work of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies and special
procedures in the promotion of the right to education, and the work undertaken by the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the promotion of the
right to education at the country, regional and headquarters levels;
(c)
The contribution of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other relevant bodies towards
attaining the goals of the Education for All agenda and education-related Millennium
Development Goals;
6.
Calls upon States to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, including Goal 4;
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A/HRC/32/37.
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