right to education
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S: UNESCO – https://bit.ly/2TyBFlc (last access: 6 January 2019); RtE – https://bit.ly/1yRs9In (last access: 6 January 2019).

N: 1. – right (n): Old English riht (West Saxon, Kentish), reht (Anglian), “that which is morally right, duty, obligation,” also “rule of conduct; law of a land;” also “what someone deserves; a just claim, what is due; correctness, truth; a legal entitlement, a privilege,” from the root of right (adj.1). Meaning “the right” (as opposed to the left) is from mid-13c.; political use from 1825. From early 14c. as “a right action, a good deed.” Meaning “a blow with the right fist” is from 1898. The phrase to rights “at once, straightway” is 1660s, from sense “in a proper manner” (Middle English).
– to (prep): Old English to “in the direction of, for the purpose of, furthermore,” from West Germanic *to (source also of Old Saxon and Old Frisian to, Dutch toe, Old High German zuo, German zu “to”), from PIE pronominal base *do- “to, toward, upward” (source also of Latin donec “as long as,” Old Church Slavonic do “as far as, to,” Greek suffix -de “to, toward,” Old Irish do, Lithuanian da-), from demonstrative *de-. Not found in Scandinavian, where the equivalent of till (prep.) is used.
– education (n): 1530s, “child-rearing,” also “the training of animals,” from Middle French education (14c.) and directly from Latin educationem (nominative educatio) “a rearing, training,” noun of action from past-participle stem of educare. Originally of instruction in social codes and manners; meaning “systematic schooling and training for work” is from 1610s.
2. Ensuring opportunities regardless of race, colour, creed, sex, ability or background.
3. Education is a fundamental human right and essential for the exercise of all other human rights. It promotes individual freedom and empowerment and yields important development benefits. Yet millions of children and adults remain deprived of educational opportunities, many as a result of poverty.

S: 1. OED – https://bit.ly/2QrOXOb; https://bit.ly/2C6jR9K (last access: 6 January 2019). 2. TERMIUM PLUS – https://bit.ly/2CT69sA (last access: 6 January 2019). 3. Norad – https://bit.ly/2Tya1FD (last access: 6 January 2019).

SYN: equal education, equality of educational opportunity, nondiscriminatory education. (depending on context)

S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://bit.ly/2CT69sA (last access: 6 January 2019)

CR: educational game, human rights, reading habits, social education.