Abstract
This is the concluding part of the two articles dealing with the implementation of the right to education in South Africa and Nigeria. While the first article examines legislative measures put in place towards implementing the right to education, this follow-up article examines the non-legislative measures, that is, administrative and other measures. The article also identifies some problems such as inadequate planning, poor implementation of policies, inadequate resources and commitments as the prime factors hampering the effective implementation of the right to education in the two countries. It concludes by submitting that solving these problems andmaking the right to an education realizable call for a renewed government commitment and investment of appropriate human and financial resources on education.
Highlights
Avinash Govindjee BA LLB LLM (Cum Laude) LLD Professor of Law, Faculty of Law Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. This is the concluding part of the two articles dealing with the implementation of the right to education in South Africa and Nigeria
It concludes by submitting that solving these problems and making the right to an education realizable call for a renewed government commitment and investment of appropriate human and financial resources on education
In order to protect constitutional democracy and enhance the implementation of human rights, both the South African and Nigerian Constitutions provide for the establishment of the national human rights commissions
Summary
This is the concluding part of the two articles dealing with the implementation of the right to education in South Africa and Nigeria. While the first article examines legislative measures put in place towards implementing the right to education, this follow-up article examines the non-legislative measures, that is, administrative and other measures. The article identifies some problems such as inadequate planning, poor implementation of policies, inadequate resources and commitments as the prime factors hampering the effective implementation of the right to education in the two countries. It concludes by submitting that solving these problems and making the right to an education realizable call for a renewed government commitment and investment of appropriate human and financial resources on education
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