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The Philippine Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.. This committee, along with the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education, was formed after the Committee on Education, Arts and Culture was split into two on July 31, 2019, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 6 of the 18th Congress.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [122] finds that the Philippines is fulfilling 79.0% of what it should be for the right to education based on the country's income level. [123] HRMI breaks down the right to education by examining the rights to both primary and secondary education.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED; Filipino: Komisyon sa Mas Mataas na Edukasyon or Komisyon sa Lalong Mataas na Edukasyon) [2] is a government agency under the Office of the President of the Philippines. It is responsible for regulating and governing all higher education institutions and post-secondary educational programs in the country.
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) [previously known as Forum-Asia] is a membership-based regional human rights organisation with 85 member organisations in 23 countries across Asia. It is committed to the promotion and protection of all human rights including the right to development.
The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all with the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to ...
UNICEF Philippines is one of Philippine's offices of the United Nations Children’s Fund ().Being one of the first UNICEF offices established in Asia [citation needed], it works to uphold the rights of children in the Philippines, including their right to education, healthcare, protection from abuse and exploitation.
The right to sit movement in India has been led by the Kerala-based feminist labor union Penkoottu. [55] The Penkoottu labor union was founded by Viji Palithodi, a tailor-activist from the city of Kozhikode. [56] Kerala passed a right to sit law in 2018, the first law of its kind in India. [57]
The commission is guided by an Education, Legislation and Policy Advisory Council, selected by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives from a pool of recognized experts from the following sectors: the academe, the business sector, government education agencies, heads of LGUs, and from civil society organizations and development partners engaged in education.