Vol: 9, Issue: 2 2019

Page: 10-21

Equal Rights and Opportunities in Education

Dr. Radhika Kapur

The main objective of this research paper is to acquire an understanding of significance of equal rights and opportunities in education. In educational institutions, the educators, students and the staff members are different from each other in terms of various factors. These include, caste, creed, race, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, educational qualifications, competencies and socio-economic background. It is important to make provision of equal rights and opportunities and not discriminate against any factors. When the members of the educational institutions are provided with equal rights and opportunities in education, then they are able to benefit in number of ways. These include, incurring satisfaction, developing motivation, diligence, and conscientiousness and feeling pleasurable and contented, particularly towards the implementation of their job duties. The main areas that have been taken into account in this research paper include, understanding human rights education, characteristics of equal rights and opportunities in education, rights-based approach to the achievement of educational goals, factors promoting equality of opportunity in education.