OSVRT NA PRAVO DETETA IZ MANjINSKE ZAJEDNICE DA SE OBRAZUJE NA SVOM JEZIKU

Abstract

The right of a child from a minority group to education in her/his own language is a narrower expression of the right to education in general, but also an extremely important segment of the cultural identity of the child, his parents and the community to which the child belongs. Such content of this right may lead to tensions and conflicts between the general goals of education and the need to protect the collective interests of minority groups, which may mean their survival. Thus, on the one hand, the right to education is an individual right of the child that aims to enable the development of the child's full potential while striving to provide every child with equal opportunities to access appropriate services and content of education. On the other hand, education in the language of a minority community serves to preserve the identity of the child and his or her parents. It is up to the states to enable a kind of coexistence of these values and goals within the limits of their greatest available resources, while respecting all other rights of the child. In that case, the child right to be educated in her/his own language becomes an additional quality that can improve the holistic development of a particular child.