More than School: Conditions for guaranteeing the right to education Más que Escuela: Condiciones para la garantía del derecho a la educación

Abstract

Guaranteeing the right to education for all school-age citizens is a topic on the public agenda of several nations. Each year, countries monitor enrollment rates recorded in systems such as SIMAT (Student Enrollment System for Basic and Secondary Education), which allow for identifying the percentage of coverage, repetition, and dropout rates each year. However, this right, ratified by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), not only involves access to an educational institution but also entails guaranteeing the 4As (affordability, accessibility, acceptability, and adaptability) proposed by Tomasevski (2004) as inherent elements of guaranteeing the right to education. From this perspective, the articles in this issue of the journal Horizontes Pedagógicos will explore some aspects of the current challenges in guaranteeing the right to education from the perspective of Tomasevski's 4As.