Ya, benar! Pendidikan gratis yang bermutu adalah hak setiap anak di dunia.
Dimana dikatakan demikian?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
“Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory.”
European Convention on Human Rights (1952)
“No person shall be denied the right to education.”
UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960)
“ The State Parties to this convention undertake to formulate, develop and apply a national policy which … will tend to promote equality of opportunity and of treatment… and in particular (a) to make primary education free and coimpulsory.”
International Covenant on Economic, Social dan Cultural Rights (1966)
“Primary Education shall be compulsory and available free for all.”
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
“State Parties recognize the right of the child to education and with a view to achieving this right progressively and on the basis of equal opportunity, they shall in particular (a) make primary education compulsory and available free for all.”
Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the African Child (1990)
“State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving the full realization of (the right to education) and shall in particular: a) provide free and compulsory basic education”
UUD 1945 Amandemen dan UU Sisdiknas 2003
UU Sidiknas 2003 Pasal 34 Ayat (2) berbunyi :
“Pemerintah dan Pemerintah Daerah menjamin terselenggaranya wajib belajar minimal pada jenjang pendidikan dasar TANPA MEMUNGUT BIAYA.”
Ketentuan Umum Pasal 1 Ayat 18
“18. Wajib belajar adalah program pendidikan minimal yang harus diikuti oleh warga negara Indonesia atas tanggung jawab Pemerintah dan pemerintah daerah.”

