What is quality education and why is it a human right?

What is quality education and why
is it a human right?
Quality education enables people to develop all of
their attributes and skills to achieve their potential
as human beings and members of society. In the
words of the Delors Commission (UNESCO, 1996):
“Education is at the heart of both personal and
community development; its mission is to enable
each of us, without exception, to develop all our
talents to the full and to realize our creative
potential, including responsibility for our own lives
and achievement of our personal aims.”
Quality education is a human right and a public
good.
Governments and other public authorities should
ensure that a quality education service is available
freely to all citizens from early childhood into
adulthood.
Quality education provides the foundation for
equity in society.
Quality education is one of the most basic public
services. It not only enlightens but also empowers
citizens and enables them to contribute to the
maximum extent possible to the social and
economic development of their communities.