Human rights in education : a case study in Reiger Park

M.Ed.Human rights in education in South Africa in general and in Reiger Park in particular has become an area of contention. This is reflected by the lack of understanding of human rights by teachers, parents and pupils alike. The teachers, parents, as well as pupils have different interpretations of what human rights mean to them and often create feelings of complacency and sometimes indolent behaviour of some teachers, parents as well as pupils. The teachers. parents and pupils need to be made aware of the importance of human rights as a means to achieve a democratic society rather than working against it.(see 4.8.2) This study wishes to address the above-mentioned issues by seeking answers to the following questions: Do people know about human rights ? What are their attitudes towards human rights? What are their attitudes towards discipline along human rights principles? -Is there a necessity to include human rights education in the school curriculum ? How human rights education ought to be introduced in the school ? The aim of the research is to look at overseas countries to see if there are patterns or trends in human rights education and whether these global problems are are experienced in a local context. To find out whether people know about human rights, their attitudes towards human rights as well as their attitudes towards discipline along the principles of human rights. The research also aims to find out how human rights would be incorporated in the school curriculum