The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides the political and moral support for the use of compulsion in education. Article 26 states that: 'Elementary education shall be compulsory.' [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/egwest/compulsion.html] | The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides the political and moral support for the use of compulsion in education. Article 26 states that: 'Elementary education shall be compulsory.' [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/egwest/compulsion.html] |