Rights (UDHR) where Paragraph One of Article (26): “Everyone has the right to education.
Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.” moreover, the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which acceded the Kingdom of Bahrain by virtue
of Decree-Law No. (16) of 1991, in Article (28) thereof: “States Parties recognize the right of the
child to education, and with a view to achieving this right progressively and on the basis of equal
opportunity, they shall, in particular: Make primary education compulsory and available free to all;
Take measures to encourage regular attendance at schools and the reduction of drop-out rates.”.
37. Furthermore, the Kingdom of Bahrain undertook upon acceding to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights pursuant to Law No. (10) of 2007 to adopt the legislative
measures and procedures to enact the laws and regulations aiming to fully effectuate the right
to education, which emphasized that the states party to this Covenant must ensure complete
exercise of this right requires rendering the education compulsory, and to endeavour to draw and
adopt a detailed action plan for actual and gradual implementation of the principle of compulsory
education.
38. Accordingly, the onus is on the State to commit to provide education and to make it compulsory for
each child, where the purpose and aim is to prevent the failure of a child to attend school, and to
continue to receive education at the obligatory age and to attend school classrooms, and this comes
as the actualization of the goals of education stated in Article Three of the Education Law which
provides that education aims to: “Form the student in terms of a national, academic, professional,
and cultural formation in emotional, moral, mental, social, behavioural and athletical-physical
aspects, within the framework of the principles of Islam , the Arab heritage, modern culture, the
nature, customs and traditions of Bahraini society, while inculcating the spirit of citizenship and
loyalty to the homeland and king in particular:
1- Entrench the Islamic faith and underscore its role in the integration of the personality of the
individual, and the cohesion of the family and society, and its cooperation, and highlight the role of
Islam as a comprehensive system of ideas which is valid and suitable for every age and place while
being capable of meeting the requirements of the age.
2- Deepen the intimate connections between the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and promote
Arab and Islamic allegiance.
3- Promote the teaching of the Arabic language and enhance its standard thereby enabling its utilization
in all fields of knowledge, while devoting care to teaching and excelling in foreign languages.
4- Develop awareness of the principles of human rights and embed them in the curricula.
5- Develop the concepts of education for the sake of peace and a better human future, and international
cooperation and solidarity on the basis of justice and equality, and interaction and mutual respect
between the states and nations.
6- Develop awareness of the environment, the human heritage, and safeguard natural life and the
means of preserving it.
7- Build national capacities able to work and produce to contribute to the formation of an educated
and productive society in harmony with technological and scientific progress and the continual
changes in this field.
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