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This book is about the right to basic education and its impact on development in Africa. It focuses on the elusive subject of litigating the right to education by examining jurisprudence from select African countries and India. The project further analyses the various challenges that impede access to education, with the attendant lack of political will to curb corruption, and calls for the building of strong institutions and the involvement of both state and non-state actors in driving development via education. It also covers the scope for legal practitioners and policy makers, and supports institutional framework in realizing the right to basic education.
List of contents
1. Chapter One: Right to Development and Education an Introductory Note.- 2. Chapter Two: Theoretical Framework and Benefits of Basic Education.- 3. Chapter Three: Obstacles Affecting Access to Basic Education.- 4. Chapter Four: Beyond Nomenclature: Special Education or Inclusive Education: Advocating Quality Basic Education.- 5. Chapter Five: African Perspective of Education: A Catalyst for the Desired Africa of Tomorrow?.- 6. Chapter Six: Human Right or Human Capital Approach: Walking the Path to Actualization of Access to Basic Education in Africa.- 7. Chapter Seven: Comparative Analysis of Jurisprudence Governing Basic Education.- 8. Chapter Eight: The African Human Rights Response to Access to Basic Education.- 9. Chapter Nine: Repositioning Institutions for Realisation of the Right to Basic Education.- 10. Chapter 10: Conclusions and Recommendations.
About the author
Azubike C Onuora-Oguno is Senior Lecturer in Jurisprudence and International Law at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, and Researcher with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is also Solicitor and Advocate for the Nigerian Supreme Court. Dr. Onuora-Oguno has written widely on rights to basic education, children's rights, and other areas of law.
