Status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Realizing the right to education for all children

In its resolution 69/157, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventieth session a report containing information on the status of the Convention and on the issues addressed in the resolution, with a focus on the right to education. In the present report the progress achieved is considered, together with the remaining implementation challenges and gaps with regard to the realization of children’s right to education. A number of proposals are made on the ways to implement this fundamental human right of children.