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Human Rights in Education


The Human Rights Communities in Education Initiative is a collaborative initiative aimed at developing New Zealand schools and early childhood education centres as communities that know, promote and live human rights and responsibilities. Read more about the Initiative.

Early Childhood Education (ECE)

In early childhood centres, teaching rights and responsibilities is aimed at fostering feelings of confidence and respect for self and others.  

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New Zealand Curriculum

The English-medium New Zealand Curriculum launched on 6 November 2007 is about human rights in its purpose, aims and much of its specific content.

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Primary & Intermediate

Rights, Respect, Responsibilities is not another programme to be fitted into an already crowded overall school programme.  It is a general whole-school approach to teaching, school organisation and learning, that brings coherence to many things schools do already.

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Human Rights Issues

Are there any human rights issues at your school or centre which need to be addressed? Read about some common human rights issues and take the human rights temperature of your school/centre.

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Secondary Schools

Teachers have found that a whole school approach to Human Rights Education improves the learning environment, reduces stress, and provides a toolkit that can readily be applied by students and teachers across the school.

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Frequently asked Questions

What are human rights? Human rights include a set of principles, standards and guidelines that set out how people should be treated and should treat each other.

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