14. NHRIs should continue to contribute information to Treaty Body Committees and other international mechanisms aimed at monitoring the effective implementation of the right to education. 15. NHRIs should consider promoting an optional protocol to the ICESCR. Once the drafting process of any optional protocol begins, representation of NHRIs in the open-ended working group on the optional protocol may be required. 16. NHRIs should promote the involvement of all sectors of society and the international community in promoting, fulfilling and respecting the right to education. They must also ensure that private institutions understand their role in promoting and protecting the right to education and, in particular, the right of individuals not to be discriminated against. 17. NRHIs should ensure that their governments implement the plan of action of the World Programme on Human Rights Education and assist in the planning, implementation and evaluation of human rights education in the education system, in particular that promoting respect for religious, cultural and linguistic diversity.10 18. NHRIs should ensure that their governments acknowledge that the right to education has two components: the full development of the human personality, talents and ability, and the promotion of and respect for human rights. In relation to the latter, NHRIs have a role to play in developing and promoting national awareness, information and education campaigns to foster an appreciation of and respect for universal human rights across all sectors of society. These campaigns must be adequately funded. 19. NHRIs should devise a plan for the implementation of these recommendations which sets out specific measures that they will undertake with respect to each recommendation. They should develop key performance indicators against which progress can be measured. 10 See appendix 3 for more information. 17