Aboriginal Education - Article 15

© Tyson Yunkaporta

Sep 13, 2006

The United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, Article 15, regarding Indigenous Education.


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Article 15

1. Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational

systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to

their cultural methods of teaching and learning.

2. Indigenous individuals, particularly children, have the right to all levels and forms

of education of the State without discrimination.

3. States shall, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, take effective measures, in

order for indigenous individuals, particularly children, including those living outside their

communities, to have access, when possible, to an education in their own culture and provided in

their own language.

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