Right To Rest And Leisure Of Students: Scanning The Role Of Government

Abstract

The importance of mental health of children has gained considerable recognition in present days. The right to rest and leisure of students at educational institutions is one such right which has remained in the limelight recently. Education not only means improving the cognitive abilities of the child, but also flourishing the affective and psychomotor domain, which can be boosted only when the child is given needed time to rest and rejuvenate the energy to facilitate their cognitive capacity. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in article 24 states-‘Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.’ The right to rest and leisure is not only a sheer fundamental right of the working people, but also of students who spend more than half of their day at educational institutions. A student can only proof their worth to the best of their ability when they are given the opportunity to think in solitude.