UNICEF's Rights Respecting Schools Award

The idea in a nutshell

Children and young people can raise their achievement at school and improve the quality of their own and their families? lives if they learn exactly what their rights and responsibilities are according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and how to use this understanding as a guide to living.

Children and young people will know how to go about making informed decisions and become confident, active citizens if this rights / responsibilities guide to living is introduced at an early age and is reinforced throughout school life.

UNICEF's Rights Respecting School Award is an effective way of inspiring and supporting schools who want to provide children and young people with a rights-respecting guide to living.

Useful Documents

• Summary of UNICEF's RRS School Award
• Steps showing the process to achieve Level 1 RRSA
• UNICEF Assessment Checklist
• Level 1 Benchmark

Unicef's RRSA interactive website (new window)