dcf.cymru stimulus sheet · RE · Year 11
Rhys, the two charities, the newspaper, the photographer and the web addresses are invented. Web addresses ending .example can never be real websites. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Bible verse, the Qur’an verse and the hadith are quoted accurately.
Rhys is in Year 11. He is practising the research skills for GCSE Religious Studies Unit 4 by writing a paragraph on how charities work for the right to education. Rhys accessed every online source below on 21 September 2026. His first draft is at the end of this pack.
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948. Web page: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations, https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
Article 26. (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
Web page: Why we build classrooms, published by Lamp Trust in 2025. https://www.lamptrust.example/why-classrooms
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6, King James Version)
Lamp Trust believes every child is made in the image of God and deserves the chance to learn. Since 2009 we have built 140 classrooms in rural Malawi and trained 600 teachers, so that children no longer walk more than an hour to school. Our Every Child a Desk campaign asks supporters to write to their MP about protecting UK aid for education.
[Photo: pupils in a new Lamp Trust classroom.] © Lamp Trust 2025. All rights reserved. Please contact us before using our photos.
Web page: Girls’ education scholarships, published by Iqra Futures in 2026. https://www.iqrafutures.example/scholarships
The very first word revealed to the Prophet Muhammad was ‘Iqra’, meaning ‘Read’ (Qur’an 96:1). Muslims believe that learning is an act of worship, and the Prophet taught that ‘seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim’ (Sunan Ibn Majah 224). That is why Iqra Futures pays school fees, uniforms and books for 1,200 girls across South Asia, so that no girl has to leave school because her family cannot afford it.
Our campaign slogan is Her Pen, Her Future. Sign our petition asking governments to make secondary school free for every girl.
Article: ‘Homework club volunteer: “Every child deserves the chance to think for themselves”’, by Siân Pritchard, Western Valleys Gazette, 14 September 2026. https://www.westernvalleysgazette.example/news/homework-club
Dr Alun Price, a retired teacher and a humanist, runs a free homework club in a valley library every Tuesday evening. “Humanists don’t look to a holy book for rules,” he said. “We think people should use reason, evidence and empathy to decide how to live, and you can’t do that without a good education. Every child deserves the chance to think for themselves. That’s what Article 26 means by the full development of the human personality.”
Rhys typed: “why do religions care about education”. Part of the answer:
Many religions see education as important. As Jesus said, “Train up a child in the way he should go.” Every year, 5 million girls are forced out of school worldwide. Islam also values learning highly.
No sources were given.
Village school classroom, photograph by Megan Hughes, 2024, on the OpenLens photo library. https://www.openlens.example/photos/4471
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0). Anyone may copy, share and adapt the photo, even for public or commercial use, as long as they give credit: the title, the creator, the source and the licence.
Education is a human right. Article 26 says everyone has the right to education. Lamp Trust believes every child is made in the image of God and deserves the chance to learn. Since 2009 they have built 140 classrooms in rural Malawi and trained 600 teachers, so that children no longer walk more than an hour to school. Jesus said “train up a child in the way he should go” which shows Christians think education matters. Every year 5 million girls are forced out of school. The first word revealed to Muhammad was Read. Muslims think learning is a kind of worship, and the Prophet said looking for knowledge is a duty for every Muslim. That is why Iqra Futures pays fees, uniforms and books for 1,200 girls in South Asia so no girl has to leave school because her family can’t afford it. Humanists also agree with education. I think education is the most important right because without it you cannot know your other rights.
[Lamp Trust classroom photo pasted here, captioned “from Google Images”]
References: Google. AI chatbot.