[governance] right to internet subsumed within right to education

[Guru]

I did not say that "Internet is *essential* in order to provide 
education" as the argument to subsume right to internet within right to 
education.

My submission is - in todays world, unless a person understands how to 
use the internet and benefit from it/participate in it, his/her ability 
to navigate society in a way as to maximise his potential including 
availing his rights and fulfulling his responsibilities as a citizen of 
a democracy will be significantly affected. The basic aim of education 
is to enable the learner to be able to navigate society in this manner 
(see John Dewey on education and democracy for more details of this 
reasoning). In this sense, the right to internet is subsumed within the 
right to education.

regards
Guru

Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <49867410.5000106 at itforchange.net>, at 09:48:24 on Mon, 2 
> Feb 2009, Guru <guru at itforchange.net> writes
>> As I suggested earlier, education in todays world has to necessarily 
>> include acquiring capacities to navigate the information society that 
>> the internet is 'creating' and in this sense, 'right to education', 
>> which is part of the UNDHR, subsumes a 'right to the internet'.
>
> If you are suggesting that Internet is *essential* in order to provide 
> education (and therefore a right to education includes a right to 
> Internet) then I must disagree with you.
>
> But I *can* agree that [electrical] power, PCs/software and some 
> education (which includes educating the family to permit all family 
> members to use the access, as well as basic literacy) are necessary to 
> access the Internet.
>
>> Also Roland, the '90:10' ratio may be true in some places, but in 
>> most parts of the world is likely to be more around 50:50 or even 
>> 20:80 ..... suggesting even greater requirement of global efforts 
>> including those relating to public policy.
>
> If the ratio is below [approx] 90:10 (which it's obvious is the case 
> in mush of the world), then it is still possible (and right and 
> proper) to have an ambition to extend access to the Internet. But 
> don't call it "Universal Service", because that's a regulatory 
> concept, which requires the situation where the many can subsidise the 
> few.

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