A/HRC/17/29 deterioration in the quality of education that schools currently provide. The Special Rapporteur intends to pay attention to the development and implementation of norms for quality education - both for public and private schools - with a focus on improving the conditions of the teaching profession and learning outcomes. (e) Regulating private education: Private, religious or community schools comprise an important proportion of education systems around the world. With the limited capacity of public systems in some countries, private schools become the dominant source of education. The Special Rapporteur intends to examine standards and mechanisms that ensure all non-public educational entities comply with standards of human rights law and the objectives of human rights generally. (f) Management of schools and human rights standards: The realization of the right to education involves the proper discharge of duties by public servants and private providers. The Special Rapporteur will study the main obstacles to the respect of human rights in the functioning and management of schools, and the standards and mechanisms that ensure that educational entities comply with human rights principles. (g) Freedom from violence and the right to education: If schools play a central role in the prevention of violence and the promotion of a culture of peace, it is also true that violence can often take place in the school context with serious consequences for the enjoyment of the right to education. The Rapporteur intends to address the emerging concern of violence in schools in close collaboration with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children. III. Equality of opportunity in education – an overarching principle 8. Despite the almost universal recognition of State obligations to provide universal primary education and fair access to secondary and higher education through all appropriate means, education is not fully accessible for many people around the world. The Special Rapporteur decided to dedicate his first thematic report to the promotion of equality of opportunity in education, considering its universal importance for the realization of the right to education. Developing countries face particularly acute challenges with regard to great social and economic inequalities, but developed countries also encounter challenges when attempting to ensure equal educational opportunities for all. Concerns relating to equality of opportunity in education are understood as relating both to guaranteeing equal opportunities in access to different levels of education as established by human rights norms, as well as equal opportunities to evolve within education systems. 9. The right to education is set out in article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and is comprehensively elaborated in article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and in articles 28 and 29 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. As highlighted below, a number of other human rights treaties also expand on the right to education.3 10. Free and compulsory primary education is an inalienable right of every child, and a core obligation of States under international human rights treaties. The Education for All 3 The right to education is also guaranteed by article 5 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, articles 10, 11 and 13 of the Convention on the Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination against Women, articles 30, 43 and 45 of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 5