Financial Neglect and Children's Right to Education: Issues on the Maintennace of Children After Divorce in Muslim Marriages in Malaysia
Divorce among Muslims married couples in Malaysia occurs once in every 15 minutes. The rate of divorce in among Muslims couples is as twice as higher as compared to non-Muslims couples and has become an alarming issue. Children are the most affected individuals from this separation not only in te...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/612/1/FH03-FUHA-18-12553.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/612/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Divorce among Muslims married couples in Malaysia occurs once in every 15
minutes. The rate of divorce in among Muslims couples is as twice as higher as
compared to non-Muslims couples and has become an alarming issue. Children
are the most affected individuals from this separation not only in terms of social
and emotional aspects but also in financial aspect. Thus, this paper adopted a
qualitative approach by way of analyzing the laws, international conventions and
related cases in discussing the concept of right to education. Furthermore, it
attempts to discuss the financial implications of divorce to the children‘s right to
education particularly when the father fails or unable to pay the maintenance to
the children. Though the right to education is guaranteed in Malaysia and that the
government had abolished school fees, the cost of education is still high and it
causes a heavy burden to the single mother to send every child to school.
Therefore, enforcement of judgment order by the court needs to improve in order
to protect the best interest of children i.e. for their right in respect of education |
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