TWO university lecturers from Canada have spent an afternoon at Knights Enham Junior School as part of their work on human rights.

Three Andover schools have been involved in the project with the Canadians. Staff from Knights Enham, Portway Juniors and John Hanson School visited the University of Cape Breton last October.

The return visit has enabled lecturers Dr Brian Howe and Dr Katherine Covell to spend time talking to the pupils and the local education authority.

Ian Massey, Hampshire County Council's inspector for multi-cultural education, said: "When we visited Nova Scotia we were impressed with some of the work going on in the classroom and the impact it had on developing children's sense of respect and responsibility to others."

He added: "We are looking at a particular way of teaching about children's rights based on some of the experiences of work taking place in Nova Scotia.

"We invited the visitors to discuss some of their experiences and look at ways of developing this further in some of our schools."

The work looks at the education of the rights of children, based on the UN Convention.