Submission: Access to Education for All at School

The Office of the Children's Commissioner's submission for the proposed Education Act amendment about the right to attend school.

New Zealand has a good education system that works for most children and young people. However, about one in five have additional learning needs and the opportunity to attend school full-time and participate is not guaranteed for all of them. Making the 'right to attend school' an explicit provision in the Education Act 1989 would be a positive signal to people about children’s rights to an inclusive education.