Using courts to realize education rights: reflections from India and Indonesia

Andrew Rosser and Anuradha Joshi

No 8448, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper examines the role of courts in promoting fulfillment of the right to education in developing countries, focusing on India and Indonesia?two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent years. It argues that this litigation has been part of broader struggles over education policy, inequality, and the capture of educational institutions by political and bureaucratic forces; and that the extent to which litigation has been used and led to policy changes has depended significantly on the nature of, and access to, the court system; the presence of support structures for legal mobilization; the ideology of the courts and judges; and the roles and the willingness of litigants to pursue redress. Broadly, litigation has served the interests of the poor and marginalized, though gains have largely come through better access to education while issues of improving quality have been less prominent.

Keywords: Educational Sciences; Human Rights; Effective Schools and Teachers; Primary Education; Educational Institutions&Facilities; Educational Policy and Planning - Institutional Development; Educational Policy and Planning; Educational Policy and Planning - Ministry of Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-05-21
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