Right to Education: Normative lacks and problematic definitions at the Argentine legislation

Authors

  • Guillermo Ramón Ruiz
  • Sebastián Scioscioli

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc114.04

Keywords:

Right to Education, Educational legislation, Human Rights, Educational policies, Role of State, Argentina, Federalism.

Abstract

The National Education Act (2006) regulates the right of education in Argentina. It is the federal base on which each province should pass their specific legislation according to the Argentine federalism. This article traces and analyzes basic definitions regarding the meaning of the right to education from the human rights based approach in order to figure out its implications for public policies. Consequently, we start asking about what is meant by education as a right. Then, we describe the way in which Argentine national legislation regulates it. We focus on the differentiated extension of compulsory education designed by this legislation. Finally, we examine the uses of these categories to analyze the relationships between the National State and the educational policies.