Human rights education in schools halted

School learners will no longer benefit from the Ombudsman’s Basic Human Rights programme, as the office has discontinued it due to limited resources.
This was revealed in the Ombudsman’s 2015 annual report tabled in the National Assembly last week.
According to the report, during the past two years complaints investigators visited schools to introduce learners to basic human rights. It reached 200 schools in 2014 and 41 147 learners benefited.
The number of schools reached last year decreased to 111, benefiting only 35 073 learners.
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