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    The Right to Primary Education: Exploring Issues of Access and Equity in Addis Ababa
    (2015-01) Tadesse Seifu, Samrawit
    This thesis tried to explicate the extent to which the international human rights and frameworks have been implemented in light of the policy, legal and practical matters. Understanding access and equity in primary education in Addis Ababa, exploring all the factors affects its full implementation and the strategy set to tackle the challenges is very essential. The core issue that should be addressed here is how the strategies set by the city are able to ensure access and equity to all children at the primary education level in light of the international human rights instruments and national policies. The methodological approach administered is qualitative research approach. The findings of the study shows that there are emerging challenges that not only stand on the way of the full achievement of access and equity at the primary education level but also on the overall implementation of the international instruments and national policies and laws in Addis Ababa. The challenge is even more pertinent to vulnerable children and children with special needs as there are no specific educational policies to address their needs to ensure their access to primary education. The study provides a wide-ranging practical explanation of the link between the lack of educational law as well as current socio-economic barriers and accessibility of equitable primary education in Addis Ababa. The study will serve as reference points and a spring board for discussion of policy and legal issues; guide the development of appropriate mechanism; interpretation of the right to primary education in line with the international human rights standards as a matter of national interest. Thus, it is the writer‟s belief that the thesis will assist in refining the possible frameworks by informing the study of the challenges of access and equity in primary education in Addis Ababa.