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awesome11:
Justifying why education should be a right often entails appraisal of its significance to the quality of our existence. Thus, I'm of the opinion that something as fundamental as that should be everyone's right.
However, I went through some essays up there and I'm confused. At some point, it felt as though the topic was: " Free education is a right, not a privilege".
You will quite easily agree with me, that justice is everyone's right but then, it often cost a fortune to get one.
As par the arrangement of the write-up, it's fairly difficult to type through a phone. I couldn't "justify" the write-up..

Whatever is free automatically becomes your right and entitlement, if it's not free and you obtain it, then it becomes a privilege.

TopeQs:
Good day Mr. Chairman, erudite judges, the coordinators, the moderators, accurate time
keeper, distinguished audience.

my name is TopeQs, representing Futminna. I'm here to argue on education as a right against it being a privilege.



let me start by saying the right to education is guaranteed legally for all without any discrimination
the state have the obligation to protect, respect and fulfil the right to education, there are ways to hold the state accountable for violations or deprivations of the right to education.


Education is not a privilege of the rich and well-to-do; it is the inalienable right of every child. The state must discharge its responsibility as guarantor and regulator of education as a fundamental human entitlement and as a public cause. The provision of basic education, free of cost, is not only a core obligation of states but also a moral imperative.

then......

What is a right?

It is any claim, title, etc, that is morally just or legally granted as allowable or due to a person,

What is privilege?

Privilege is a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

Then what is education?

The 1960
UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education defines education in Article 1(2) as: "all types and levels of education, (including) access to education, the standard and quality of education, and the conditions under which it is given."
In a wider sense education may describe "all activities by which a human group transmits to its descendants a body of knowledge and skills and a moral code which enable the group to subsist". In this sense education refers to the transmission to a subsequent generation of those skills needed to perform tasks of daily living, and further passing on the social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical values of the particular community. The wider meaning of education has been recognised in Article 1(a) of UNESCO 's 1974
Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
This article state as quoted "the entire process of social life by means of which individuals and social groups learn to develop consciously within, and for the benefit of, the national and international communities, the whole of their personal capabilities, attitudes, aptitudes and knowledge."


Education is also the path to development. It creates choices and opportunities for people in terms of access to employment, reduces the twin burdens of poverty and disease, and empowers people. For nations as a whole, education produces a more skilled and competitive workforce that can attract better quality foreign investment, thus opening the doors to economic and social prosperity for society as a whole.

If education was a privilege most nations would be badly governed, cos few people would be learned thus citizens won't know how things are been run.

Moreover, If education wasn't a right, the world today will be full of illiteracy........that's why the government makes it a task for themselves to make sure people are very well educated, even to the very less privileged..............

Education is a right to everyone, as a matter of fact everyone is educated, education isn't only books, it's also a skill learnt, according to wikitionary,
Education is the process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
A good teacher is essential for a good education.
Education is also facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.

Furthermore, If education was a privilege then only few people will be educated, which means the world will have to follow what they are been told or shown because most people won't know how to challenge the right and wrong of the constitution or whatever law the state is been run. We have to think about the impact education has made through it been a right and think of how education as a privilege would be against it been a right.

Education is a right, not a privilege. It is important for readers to understand that access to education is a basic human right, enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December, 1966 and in force since 1976. The right to free education is also guaranteed by most countries’ legal and constitutional frameworks.

In conclusion, access to education is not a privilege, it’s a right. Educating children no matter where they are is one of the biggest steps we can take toward ending extreme poverty. To make this happen, we work together with a diverse group of governments, civil society/non-governmental organizations, international organizations, private sector, and teachers.

Education is fundamental to the development of human potential and to full participation in a democratic society. That's why it's recognised as a human right. Everyone has the right to education, regardless of where you live, what your race is or whether or not you have a disability.

We need to acknowledge the fact that education is also fundamental to the full enjoyment of most other human rights: most clearly the right to work but also the right to health. And to the exercise of social responsibilities including respect for human rights.


Reference....
https://en.m.wiktionary.org

globalpartnership.org

http://gijn.org

https://www​.humanrights.gov.au



https://wikipedia.org

Well done "TopeQs " representing "FUTMINA". First you are one of the few contestants who clarified that education is far beyond what you learn in the four walls of a classroom, your emphasis on the merit of education and how education is a right is commendable. You carefully and safely choose your words and good enough it worked for you. I'm elated, scores sent.

awesome11:
NAIRALAND INTERSCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITION
EDITION: THIRD EDITION
SCHOOL: THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY,
AKURE.
DEBATE TOPIC: EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, NOT A
PRIVILEGE.
STANCE: MOTION SUPPORT
DATE: 29th of DECEMBER, 2015.


Iconic American broadcast journalist, Walter Leland
Cronkite Jr, is accredited with one saying I consider to be
apt to the subject of discuss. In one of the hours of his
crest ingenuity, he said:
"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap
compared to that of an ignorant nation"

Good Afternoon,
The founder of this impactful online platform,
The organisers and think tank behind this annual
intellectual battle,
Honourable juries/adjudicators
Respected moderators,
All competing teams in the debate,
All users of this forum and observers; and
Great FUTARIANS!!!!


I consider it material to state that I had never thought my
topic of discuss: "Education is a right; and not a privilege"
a debatable one by any enlightened mind. However, I am
hopeful that the proposition of a concise definition and
subsequent understanding of essential key elements in the
topic- Education, Privilege and Right, will help in the
process of persuading anyone who is not too given to
pontification to take a reevaluation on his/her antagonistic
stance.


Author Mark Smith provides us with an encompassing
definition of the term "Education", which he proffered as:
"the act or process of imparting or acquiring general
knowledge, enlightenment of the mind, developing the
powers of reasoning and judgement, and generally of
preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life, in
the belief that all should have a chance to share in life."
However, search engine giants, Wikipedia defines Rights
as "legal, social, ethical, or fundamental normative rules
about what is allowed of people or owed to people,
according to some legal system, social convention or
ethical theory".On the other hand, A "Privilege", as
interpreted by the third edition of the MacMillan English
Dictionary, is " a special benefit that is available only to a
particular person of group of people".


Perhaps, it is very logical to ask my opponents a very
simple question on their stance. Going by the above
interpretation of the term "Privilege", to which particular
group of people do you think education should be only
available to?

While I await your response to that question, I would like
you to put these facts into consideration while providing us
with an expected well-crafted reply.


Firstly, Education has a very important role to play in the
promotion and protection of human rights. Unarguably, it
is uncontroversial to say Education is a basic weapon in
enforcing our many civil rights. It makes us aware of our
civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. Without
proper education, one can not be introduced with these
philosophic basic rights and obligations. Why then, should
such an important tool in our sojourn through planet earth
be seen as a privilege? Is it not hypocritical to provide one
with fundamental human rights- such as the right to life,
right of freedom of association, right to dignity of human
person, right of fair hearing, right to freedom of
expressions et al, without empowering the same people
with the primary enablement(Education) to enforce those
rights? It is not surprising then, that the concept of
expanding human rights through education is now
popularly present and travelled and that education itself is
now increasingly considered as a third generation human
right.


Furthermore, I strongly believe no sane being nurses the
notion that the recent inclusion of education as one of the
quality of life indicators by Eurostat and UNESCO is a
reckless decision. Education, as the basis of human
civilization, has a major impact on the quality of life of
individuals. It fosters our growth into well-rounded adults,
ready and well-equipped enough to contribute our
significant quota to the world we find ourselves. Realities
are that a lack of skills and competencies( typically
delivered by education: formal or informal) limits the
occupational prospects and economic prosperity chances,
increases the risk of social exclusion, reduces the twin evil
of poverty and disease and is likely to hinder a full
participation in civic and economic affairs. This fact is
well established by Eurostat in a recent research carried
out by the institution. The report establishes education as
a factor that enhances people's understanding of the
world they live in, and hence their perception of their ability
to influence it. Why then should a child be brought to this
world if the primary device needed for a relatively easier
chance of survival won't be a right, but a privilege?


In furtherance to justifying my stance, Amitabh Shukla of
the Global Institute of Management and Technology, India
and UNESCO, among many other statistical institutes have
sponsored or conducted empirical studies which establish
that there is certainly a high degree correlation between
level of education of a populace and the economic growth
of such people. It is really no shock then, that many
countries have placed greater emphasis on developing an
education system that can produce workers able to
function in new industries, such as those in the fields of
technology and science and as many nations have this
initiated and sustain movements to improve the basic
education of the populace, with a growing belief that all
people have the right to a proper one. Of course, it is
common knowledge that China's giant strides on the
world economic ladder were built on the proper education
of her people. Again, should people be deprived of their
right to more positively impact their national economy
because the requirement to achieve that has not been
given to them on the alter of it being a "privilege" only
selected few should enjoy?


In addition, one can never undermine the role of education
in creating a society free of baseless superstitions.
Arguably, the greatest service of education to a man is the
help it renders him in making him have the tendency of
keeping his own mind. It is almost impossible to fool a
properly educated person as it would take reasoning and
sound logic to put him in the trap. An educated person will
listen to all and do what suits him best. Enlightenment of
one's mind(education) keeps us from being trapped in
advisories and that explains the fast paced demise of
superstitious beliefs,as more and more men have decided,
through education, to be in possession of their own minds
and develop great reluctance to losing it to crude societal,
traditional and cultural beliefs based on sub-human
intelligence. Medieval philosophy, as well as many other
belief systems, preaches the three-dimensional existence
of a man- spirit, body and mind. Then, why should a two-
dimensional being be begotten since a man without
education is not exactly in possession of his mind?


Undoubtedly, One can keep on extolling the merits of
education to affirm it as everyone's right, ranging from
imparting innate ability to work across life genres and
culture, providing a longer, disease free life to the younger
generation to instilling healthier values and policies that
help make the world more peaceful.


In conclusion, it is my belief that everyone who is pacific
and possesses even a little degree of humaneness is
convinced that at tool which presents to us with the
armory for our ideal survival and living can not be a
privilege but a right as correctly advanced by well meaning
human right bodies.




REFERENCES
* MacMillan English Dictionary, Third Edition.

* http://infed.org/mobi/what-is-education-a-definition-
and-discussion/

* http://abusidiqu.com/the-right-to-privilege-the-story-of-
education-in-nigeria/

* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights

Awesome representing "Futa" well done, I admire mechanical accuracy and correct spelling of words used by you. But please make sure next time you arrange your write up properly for easier reading.

You laid much emphasis on the merits of education but didn't convince us much on how education is a right .In all you did well, Nigeria future is bright.

IamDejman:
To greet is a social manner every human is obliged do, greetings to the moderators, distinguished adjudicators, amiable Nairalanders and to my co-debaters. I (Dejman) am standing to oppose the motion “Education is a right and not a privilege”.

Education is indeed a privilege with a great proportion of the world having little or no access to it; it is the privileged few that are granted it. Only persons suffering from scotoma would believe that education is a right.
Oxford advanced Learners’ Dictionary defined Right as ‘A moral or legal entitlement to have or do something; whereas Black’s Law Dictionary has defined privilege as ‘A particular and peculiar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, company, or class, beyond the common advantages of other citizens.’

We shall take our own dear country, Nigeria as a case study. In Nigeria, there Rights are contained in the Chapter Two and Chapter Four of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). The rights under the Chapter Two are named ‘Fundamental objectives and Directives Principles of State policy’, while the rights in Chapter Four are named ‘Fundamental Human Rights’.

Educational right is provided in Section 18 and subsection (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) says ‘Government shall as and when practicable provide (a) free, compulsory and universal primary education ; (b) free secondary education ; (c) free university education ; and (d) free adult literacy programme.

The actual truth is the reason why the educational right is not under the Fundamental Human Right in Chapter Four is because education is a privilege. Section 6 (6) of the 1999 CFRN (as amended) dictates that no court of law shall determine any matter as regard the chapter 2 of the constitution. Chapter 2 therefore cannot be enforced and it is non justiceable. In clear words, rights in the chapter 2 of the constitution are not up for discussion and you cannot go to court to enforce why you have no free education.

In a state where there’s no free education enforced, then we can really save ourselves some self delusion and stop being a pseudo intellectual being by saying education is our right. How can we tell the parent whose minimum wage is under N18, 000 to pay almost N105,000 charges for fresh students of LAUTECH and UNIOSUN which is not less than N100,000 total charges for the fresher’s. Definitely, such parent will have to go extra mile to pay
the money so as not to jeopardize the admission of the child. It is a wide broadcast when the management of Obafemi Awolowo University just woke one day and announced the astronomical increment of the fresh students from N40,000 including the acceptance fee to the tune of N90,000. So my brother, where is the right to education? UNIBEN and UNILAG are also there with their exorbitant charges. If not recently reduced, no less-privilege will afford N250, 000 LASU fee. It is no longer news that Oronsaye’s recommendation to the Federal government is that tuition fees be re-introduced in Federal universities, Polytechnics, and colleges of education. He recommended that each student should be made to pay between N450, 000 and N550, 000 naira per session.

Looking at the Child Rights Act, this has been passed to law since 2003 and was domesticated in many States of the Federation. Nigeria as a country has been unable to deal with several issues hindering the protection of right of the children, in which right to education fall into. “The fault” in the Child Right Act as observed by Barrister Lukman Ogunsetan was that; assuming a parent is sent to prison for violating the child Right Act, which does not enforce a child Right but merely punishes the parent. The child remain uneducated, the “right” remain unenforced.

Have you ever wondered why this saying “If you think Education is cheap then go try Ignorance, it is simply because Education is a privilege, an opportunity many wish they had and which in turn many are striving to get. H. L. Mencken once said; “What men value in this world is not rights but privileges” and until we let that sink in our hearts and see the more of privileges than rights in education then we will continue to struggle in our quest for global developments through education. Like Aristotle has said “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet” such roots are not freely given as rights, they are privileges.



Never take a thing for granted because most times we fail to realize the value of what we have until we lose them, therefore, it is pernicious to have the self delusion that Education is your right. The bitter and simple truth remains; Education is a privilege, not a right, and we are fortunate to live in a democracy. Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here, EDUCATION is one of them.


References
FROM RIGHT TO PRIVILEGE: THE STORY OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
CHILD EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE. BY YUSUFF OLA-GOLD, MUTALUB


Oxford Dictionary Advanced Learners Edition
Black’s Law Dictionary
1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/take_for_granted.html#guwXagbhQFa2K5PK.99

Well done "Dejman" representing Lasu, but first I think I should caution you against using offensive words (Scotoma) because someone is going against your ideology . Then you need to proof read your writings very well, I observed about three typos errors . And I must commend on your strong facts you laid out in your argument. In all you did well, scores sent.

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It's time for talk and do, and reduce his empty promises.


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Aminat508:
HerexG

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As the saying goes, an idle mind is a domicile for lame I idle thoughts which translates into foolish actions.


Majority of Nigerians needs to be engaged, immersing more and more resources on security is not the solution, the way out is getting these perpetrators engaged with positive things.

Instead of allocating over 7 billion naira to militants why not we using it to build industries to employ their lazy as*


Whatever happened to come sense, guess it's not common anymore

Na their way, when one party done dey gain dominance for Naija, dem go use all they have got to disarm the other opposing party.


What ever happened to healthy competition in Naija

DropShot:
The salary for December is not earned by any worker until after 31st of December. So, quit being irrational.

If the salary is paid before 25th, it's a favour and not a right even though Nigerians have come to see it as the later.

Mental slavery, whether he pay at 1st or the 31st it doesn't by any way add to the value of the salary, it's still remains their due reward for working. Let's stop giving this politicians accolades for their responsibility.

Is this supposed to be a news or what ? Are they not supposed to pay their salaries, so paying workers their salary in this government now is a big deal

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I feel if you do your homework as a lady the right man would fish you out not my luck.

Na now una just dey wake?

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Well done girl, you could have joined the lazy ones prostituting, laying their back on the floor legs open and getting paid but you opted to live a life of purpose.

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HBD Bro wishing LLNP, have fun Bro

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Pucaxo:
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