Restrictions imposed on the right to education in the Czech Republic due to COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Right to education is enshrined in numerous treaties and in most state constitutions although precise scope of this right differs to some extent in these legal instruments. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic unmasked both the core of right to education and its wider implications.

It also pointed to the shortcomings in the effective governmental and judicial protection of this right, as can be illustrated on the case of the Czech Republic.

Keywords

• right to education
• school closure
• rotational schooling
• labour/work duties of students