All ASEAN Member States (AMS) have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which has 54 articles covering four major categories of child rights, namely, the right to life, the right to protection, the right to development and the right to participation. Education is one of the major vehicles through which children develop. With knowledge, skills, attitudes and values acquired through education, children are equipped to survive in their adulthood through ability to work, and enjoy quality of life as well as they are empowered to protect themselves from ill harm and danger, which include discrimination and violence, through knowing their rights.
