The most important provision made by Governments world wide for children is to provide schooling. A majority of children in the world spend at least some years in primary education, but it also has to be recognised that large numbers of children do not get any education. From this perspective, it is important to examine how the right to education can be further emphasised in order to achieve education for all and how the right of the child is met in educational institutions. This article examines what international recommendations and conventions are of relevance for these issues, their implementation and the related problems which can be found in implementating these recommendations and conventions and finally what can be done to further better agreement between international recommendations and conventions, legislation, political decisions and the everyday practice.