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Education Rights in Global Capitalism Today

Education Rights in Global Capitalism Today. Glenn Rikowski Turning the Tables on the State A World To Win Conference Diorama Arts Centre, D2 11 th March 2006. Education in Global Capitalism Today.

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Education Rights in Global Capitalism Today

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  1. Education Rights in Global Capitalism Today Glenn Rikowski Turning the Tables on the State A World To Win Conference Diorama Arts Centre, D2 11th March 2006

  2. Education in Global Capitalism Today “The Ideology of the free market – deregulation, privatisation, the dismantling of the welfare state and the withdrawal of the state from any significant public provision – has captivated and captured governments around the world” Paul Feldman and Corinna Lotz (2004) A World To Win, p.25

  3. Education in Global Capitalism Today “The Truly fundamental change that capitalist globalisation has introduced… is that, for the first time in human history, there is indeed a material and ideological shift towards selling business as the only real business of the planet and its inhabitants. So, in the global capitalist system, agents and agencies of the state (among other institutions) fulfil the role of facilitators of the global capitalist project” Leslie Sklair (2001) The Transnational Capitalist Class, in Feldman and Lotz (2004) A World To Win, p.26

  4. Education in Global Capitalism Today “We are living through an ever-closer merging of the state, politics and economics into a sinister type of corporate rule, especially in Britain and the United States. This is one of the most significant qualitative outcomes of capitalist globalisation” Feldman and Lotz (2004) A World To Win, p.57. From the Welfare State to the Market State Human, Democratic and Education Rights are Under Threat Today

  5. The Rights of Capital and Workers’ Rights PROPERTY RIGHTS - Ownership MARKET RIGHTS - Exchange THE RIGHTS OF CAPITAL – Impose a Particular Form of Labour WORKERS’ RIGHTS Workers’ Rights in Capitalist Society and In Socialism Rights as Producers of the Wealth of Society Labour power – the capacity to labour

  6. Education Rights Education Rights As Workers’ Rights The rights of every worker to free education at all levels made equal by the abolition of private education, in opposition to the exam system, and the separation of education from production

  7. Education Rights United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Article 26: (1) Everyone has the right to education • Education should be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages • Elementary education should be compulsory • Technical and professional education shall be made generally available • Higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit

  8. Education Rights United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Article 26: (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms • It shall promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups • It shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace

  9. Education Rights United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Article 26: (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children Joel Spring (2000) The Universal Right to Education: Justification, Definition, and Guidelines

  10. Education Rights United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) – ratified by the UK government in 1991 Article 28 – Education: 1. States Parties recognise the right of the child to education, and with a view to achieving the right progressively and on the basis of equal opportunity; they shall in, particular: (a) Make primary education compulsory and available free to all

  11. Education Rights (b) Encourage the development of different forms of secondary education, including general and vocational education, make them available and accessible to every child, and take appropriate means such as the introduction of free education and offering financial assistance in case of need; (c) Make higher education accessible to all on the basis of capacity by every appropriate means; (d) Make educational and vocational information and guidance available and accessible to all children; (e) Take measures to encourage regular attendance at schools and the reduction of dropout rates.

  12. Education Rights Article 29 - Aims of Education 1. States Parties agree that the education of the child shall be directed to: (a) The development of the child’s personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential (b) The development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. (c) The development of respect for the child’s parents, his or her own cultural identity, language and values, for the national values of the country in which the child is living, the country from which he or she may originate, and for civilisations different from his or her own.

  13. Education Rights (d) The preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin. (e) The development of respect for the natural environment. Abstract, Idealist and Outdated? Protection from the Development of Global Capitalism? Do they Point Beyond Capitalist Society?

  14. Threats to Education Rights: International The World Trade Organisation The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) – progressive liberalisation of – 1994 EU give away Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) – knowledge as capital

  15. Threats to Education Rights in England: The UK Market State Fusion of State and Business The Business Takeover of Schools • Running schools and LEAS and educational services (e.g. school improvement, EO) on a contract for profit • The Private Finance Initiative Education Act 2002 Downsizing/Abolition of LEAs Arki, Varkey and Sparky Co-payment – HE fees Independent/State School Partnerships Trusts and Federations in the Education Bill

  16. Education Rights in Capitalism and Beyond The Need to Rethink and Reconfigure Education Rights: (1) In Today’s Global Capitalism (on the analysis of A World To Win) Education Rights as Protection Against the Market State Review, critique and revise the international and national framework of education rights Extend education rights as workers’ rights in capitalism (2) Education Rights For a Socialist Future

  17. Glenn Rikowski Dr. Glenn Rikowski Visit the Rikowski web site, The Flow of Ideas at:http://www.flowideas.co.uk Glenn's web log, The Volumizer is at:http://journals.aol.co.uk/rikowskigr/Volumizer His Personal Page, Rikowski Unplugged, is at:http://hometown.aol.co.uk/rikowskigr/myhomepage/aboutme.html Rikowski's Education Studies web page in the School of Education at the University of Northampton is at:http://almond.admin.nene.ac.uk:7777/portal/page?_pageid=213,1515694&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

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