Such diverse practice has considerable impact over the psyche of the child. This practice imbibes in them the sense of classification amongst their counterparts: they see that some subjects are better than the others, so in order to be good student s/he must study that subject, even if it is exceeding his/her capacity, or even if s/he does not enjoy the subject. The alternate policy of deciding by the institutions is also questionable since it deprives the students of their freedom of choice in pursuing academic interests and creates a sense of discrimination by pointing out some are ‘better’ than the rest. They see their classmates and friends who studied with them for a long time are being put to another group because they are either better than them, or not good enough to study with them. This has considerable impact on their child psyche. Curtailing Freedom of Choice The freedom of a child’s choice on education is further limited by the very art. 13 of ICESCR that talks about RTE. Article 13 (3) has two elements, one of which is that States parties undertake to respect the liberty of parents and guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.133 Article 13 (3) also allows the liberty of parents and guardians to choose other than public schools for their children, and therefore parents in Bangladesh have the complete freedom to decide should they choose to send their child to madrassa, government schools or English medium schools. This may create a debate by conflicting a child’s freedom of choice articulated in art. 12 of the CRC, especially when the child is matured enough to decide what kind of education it wishes to pursue. This phenomenon appears to be a big problem leading to segregation when children sent to madrassa by parents decide to opt for general education at later levels and face barriers of non-qualification attributable to the madrassa curriculum. However, the question of parents’ choice is not a question exclusive to Bangladesh: many other countries also face significant debates on the issue of parental freedom in choosing the schools for their children. In Britain, there are huge debates about the extent to which parents have a ‘right’ to send their children to private schools or schools that select on ability, to avoid their local secondary schools and to move house to be nearer ‘better’ schools.134 While some uphold parental freedom 133 CESCR (n.4) NatCen Social Research, ‘Parental Freedom to choose and Educational Equality’, British Social attitude Survey 28, http://ir2.flife.de/data/natcen-social-research/igb_html/pdf/chapters/BSA28_4School_choice.pdf accessed 4 June 2014 134 Page | 49