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An international outcry against the lack of respect and appreciation for educators, as well as a personal awareness of the deterioration of the status of South African educators, has led to this in-depth comparative school law publication concerning the fundamental human rights of educators. In this publication the emphasis falls on their rights, their status and the effects on their employment conditions, by studying legislation and relevant subordinate legislation implicating these aspects in four countries. In order to provide an international perspective on this education law theme, South Africa and Ghana are used to provide an African perspective, Switzerland to provide a European perspective and China to provide an Asian perspective. To conclude the publication, the constitutions of the four countries, as well as factors contributing to the educators' experience of their employment situation are compared and contrasted to provide an international perspective on the legal position of educators in these four countries.