A/HRC/35/24/Add.1 Promoting freedom of teaching with all its limits 116. A nationwide awareness-raising campaign should be launched for a better understanding of freedom of teaching with all its limits, in accordance with international norms, so as to ensure that the principle of the right to education is not distorted to allow unfettered privatization. 117. In accordance with the international norms and principles on the right to education, fees charged to students in all private educational establishments should be subject to control and regulation, in the same way as such establishments cannot pursue a curriculum that is not in accordance with such norms and principles. Under no circumstances should education, which is a social responsibility, be allowed to be reduced to business. The concept of education as a right, not a commodity, applies to all private educational establishments, regardless of whether they are subsidized. Putting human rights values and ethics through education upfront 118. The Government should accord special importance to developing the Civic Education Plan, in accordance with Act No. 20.911, with the focus on values and ethics for strengthening development based on the notion of the centrality of the human being. That should be reflected in the national curriculum as the core content of education, attaching paramount importance to the humanistic mission of education. In that context, the subjects that are currently evaluated under the system to ensure the quality of education should be broadened to cover the aims of education established in various laws with the focus on human rights values and ethics so as to make evaluation comprehensive. 119. Recognizing teachers as the custodians of quality education, the Government should do away with contractual teaching so as to improve the status of the teaching profession. Promoting lifelong learning and skills development 120. All interested parties should cooperate to strengthen the programmes currently being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to increase training in conjunction with the private sector to create opportunities not only to certify skills, but to link training for job programmes within the education system. Ensuring public interest and social responsibility in higher education 121. New legislation in the field of higher education should seek to foster professional excellence, promote academic independence and ensure that universities do not deviate from their social function or become subject to corporate interests. 122. The forthcoming legal and policy reform on higher education should take full account of the internationalization of higher education and its repercussions in Chile. Questions related to the accreditation of higher education institutions and the recognition of degrees and qualifications are important to consider, with the full participation of the academic community, including students. Consideration should also be given to striking a balance between the autonomy of universities and their social functions, considering that a large number of universities in Chile are private. Fostering indigenous languages and culture 123. Reforms aimed at inclusive education should fully recognize the need to guarantee indigenous people the right to education. Greater attention should be given to programmes for promoting indigenous languages and culture in the course of the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Act of 1993, with the full participation of indigenous people. 19