the preparation of educational laws, programmes and policies and assist in preventing violations of the right to education. • Developed States are required to co-operate and assist developing States in fulfilling the core obligations. • Developing States are required to use the resources received to satisfy the core obligations as a matter of priority and must give priority to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups within society. • Both the international community and States must refrain from adopting policies which obstruct or violate the right to education in developing countries. (xiv) The nature and scope of the obligation of non-state actors, including international financial institutions and trans-national corporations, to protect and promote the right to education. • The realisation of the right to education requires concerted efforts by individuals, their families and their communities and the involvement of all of society, including the private sector, the mass media and religious institutions. • International organisations and agencies and regional bodies also have a vital role to play, as do transnational corporations and organisations and NGOs. • States are required to put in place laws and mechanisms to ensure that no one within the reach of that State’s jurisdiction violates the right to education. 35