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Ömer once said to his mother:
- Mom, all the kids my age go to school. They're studying. Why don't I go to school?
His mother could not answer Ömer. His mother told his father what Ömer said. His father said
that they had to work and they had no money to send Ömer to school. But his mother wanted him to go
to school and learn new things. His mother took Ömer to school and enrolled him to continue
schooling.
Ömer met his teacher Gülşah. Ömer 's mother told teacher Gülşah the situation of Ömer. Ms.
Gülşah said that she would do her best. She gave Ömer a school uniforms, books, notebooks, pencils.
Ömer was very happy.
Ömer loved his school, his teacher and his friends. Ömer has always been a successful student.
He learned at school that every child has a right to education. Ömer always argued that every child has
the right to education.
(The UN Convention On The Rights Of The Child - Article 28: 1. States 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 to all;
b. Encourage the development of different forms of secondary education, including general and
vocational education, make them available and accessible to every child and take appropriate measures
such as the introduction of free education and offering financial assistance in case of need; c. Make
higher education accessible to all on the basis of capacity by every appropriate means; d. Make
educational and vocational information and guidance available and accessible to all children; e. Take
measures to encourage regular attendance at schools and the reduction of drop-out rates.)
Authors: Aleyna Bilgen, Yaşar Efe Karaca, İhsan Ukbe Karaca
(100. Yıl Atatürk Ortaokulu Köşk/Aydın/Turkey)
Illustration: Danina (Ivan Vazov Language School, Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Mela, Ola, Gosia (Catholic Junior High School, Poland)