Education is defined as a fundamental right and it can be said that it is a social institution that allows the acquisition of new knowledge, as well as abilities and skills through study or experience, therefore, education is a right, a necessity to train.
According to Gimeno (2000), the right to education has become an obligation for many states and therefore demands material conditions that make it a reality: that accessibility to a school post be possible; the possibility of attending schools normally and staying in them during the stage considered compulsory; and the possibility of dispensing with child labor for the two previous conditions to be met.
After a long process and after implementing the right to education as a fundamental and essential right, it was established in 1948 in the Declaration of Universal Rights or in the Universal Declaration of Children’s Rights.
“This has been one of the struggles, not concluded today, of pedagogical progressivism during the 20th century: in addition to ensuring that this education is real and free, making it an enriching experience felt as such and, at the same time, attractive” (Gimeno, 2000).
References
Gimeno Sacristán, J. (2000). La trayectoria de un derecho lleno de promesas. En Gimeno, J. La educación obligatoria, su sentido educativo y social. Madrid: Morata.