Correct, what you said: “They have a basic right to pursue literacy...”
My first reaction was that they have a right to have ACCESS to education, but they are not guaranteed a certain outcome. They also (IMO) have some responsibility in their results. A truly ambitious student, surrounded by books and teachers, WOULD find a way to figure out how to read, etc.
Possibly these students who are suing, are just looking for another way to define their victimhood and reap rewards therefrom (or the lawyers see it that way).
Well, perhaps they *are* pursuing education.
They are learning how to use the court system to win a jackpot. They are studying Alinskism.
Perhaps it will inspire them to become lawyers and do these kind of suits as a profession. Might be very lucrative.