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Needs and Rights of Children

to Survival, Protection, Development and Participation form the core of the
Convention. Let us know about these core rights.
Notes • Right to Survival: The right to survival includes the right to life, the best

attainable standards of health, nutrition and an adequate standard of living.
It also includes the right to registration of birth, name and nationality.
• Right to Protection: The right includes freedom from all forms of
exploitation, abuse, inhuman and degrading treatment including the right
to special protection in the situations of emergency and armed conflicts.
Protection against drug abuse, disease and disability and protection to
children on the other side of the law also is an integral part of the right
to protection.
• Right to Development: It consists of the right to be educated, to receive
support for development and care during early childhood and to social
security. It also includes the right to leisure, to recreation and to cultural
activities.
• Right to Participation: The right to participation accords the child access
to appropriate information and the freedom of thought and expression,
conscience and religion.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 3.2

Answer the following questions:

(a) Write the full form of 'UNCRC': …………………………………………
(b) Write any two core rights of the child as per UNCRC.

1. ……………....................... 2. ……………………………

3.3 GOVERNMENT ACTS AND PLANS TO ACHIEVE
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

A number of policies and plans were formulated for the welfare and development
of children to ensure children’s economic, political and social rights. Let us find
out more about some of the flagship policies and plans.

3.3.1 Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) – An Integrated Scheme for School
Education, 2018

Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) or Integrated Scheme for School Education
is an overarching programme for the school education extending from pre-
school to class 12. Its main goal is to improve school effectiveness measured
in terms of equal opportunities for schooling to all children and equitable learning

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