Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment - SG response: Fairer Scotland Duty impact assessment

Section 3 - Human Rights

We have a legal obligation to ensure new policy and legislation meets legal obligations and does not breach human rights. In development of the policy we have considered human rights and have set out our considerations across the suite of Impact Assessments.

We have considered Article 26 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This states that "Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit." The response to the IRQA will not have any impact on the overall provision of education as described by Article 26.