CSC Submission to the UN working group on the optional protocol to UNCRC on pre-primary and secondary education

Summary

This resource is CSC’s submission to the open-ended intergovernmental working group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The submission has been co-produced with CSC’s Education Working Group and informed by evidence from CSC’s Women and Girls working group and global network members, including:

• Concern for the Deprived Welfare Association (CoDWelA), Sierra Leone
• Glad’s House Kenya
• Home and Street Kids Initiative (HSKi), Nigeria
• Chance for Childhood, Ghana and Rwanda
• Child Action Lanka, Sri Lanka
• Almajiri Child Rights Initiative, Nigeria
• Bahay Tuluyan, The Philippines
• Dwelling Places, Uganda
• CHETNA, India
• Street Kids Direct, Guatemala and Honduras
• Apprentis D’Auteuil, France (and internationally)
• Cities for Children, Pakistan
• Child Life Line, Nigeria

The Consortium for Street Children welcomes proposals for a new Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – a critical step towards guaranteeing free and inclusive pre-primary and secondary education for every child and ensuring children in street situations are not left behind.