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36B - Primary and secondary education shall be freely provided by the State. It is imperative on parents and the State to provide children with primary and secondary education. Opportunity for higher education shall be generally accessible to all citizens.
25 Related Recommendations
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CRC-60 The Committee urges the State party to adopt the Education Bill without further delay and in conformity with the Convention Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-61(c) Undertake a study on the reasons for the withdrawal of girls from schools with a view to designing and implementing appropriate policies and measures. Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CEDAW - 33 The State party should: (a) Provide free school transport and economic assistance for girls, especially in rural areas and on remote islands, and promote their access to higher levels of education, as well as reduce the number of girls who are dropping out of school for such reasons as engagement in domestic work or early marriage and/or pregnancies; (b) Formulate re-entry and inclusive education policies enabling pregnant girls, young mothers and married girls under 18 years of age to remain in or return to school and ensure that such policies are disseminated to all educational establishments, as well as among parents and communities; (c) Encourage women and girls to choose non-traditional fields of education and careers, in particular technological and science subjects, such as environmental and engineering studies, which are particularly relevant in the State party. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
CRC-61(b) Ensure that all children, including children with disabilities, enjoy their right to education in equality with others; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-61(a) )The Committee further recommends that the State party: 61 (a) Adopt a comprehensive early childhood care and education policy; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
UPR - 141.111 Continue its efforts to provide free education for all Continue its efforts to provide free education for all Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.112 Take additional steps to improve the quality of local education, including through improving teachers’ performance and providing additional support for academically challenged students Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.114 Continue to improve the education system in the country in cooperation and partnership with relevant international organisations. Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.115 Take further steps to progressively improve the quality of education Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.116 Strengthen the Government’s efforts to improve the quality of education Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.80 Guarantee education for children in conflict with the law Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.121 Improve access to education for persons with disabilities Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.10 Increase efforts to develop the education system in the field of human rights and further promote a human rights culture in society Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.109 Enact the education bill as soon as possible. Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 141.110 Enact the education bill, further enhance and develop the education system and intensify efforts to improve access to education for students from low-income families Universal Periodic Review
133.192 133.192 Continue to strengthen schools and educational programmes in remote areas and difficult-to-reach islands (United Arab Emirates); Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
133.193 133.193 Continue to reinforce its excellent education policy with the free textbook and stationery vouchers programme (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
133.194 133.194 Integrate comprehensive sexual education into the school curriculum (Belgium); Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
133.195 133.195 Continue its efforts to ensure children’s access to education, including all children with disabilities (State of Palestine); Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
133.196 133.196 Provide comprehensive sexuality education as part of the school curriculum (Denmark); Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
133.197 133.197 Continue its efforts to guarantee the right to a free and compulsory education for all and across the country (Sudan); Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
133.199 133.199 Take steps towards greater enrolment in higher-secondary schools (Mauritius); Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
2021-16.d) 16.d) Provide systematic training to judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, especially the police, and lawyers on women’s rights and ensure that the Convention, the Committee’s general recommendations and its jurisprudence under the Optional Protocol are sufficiently known and applied by the judiciary and that they are an integral part of all capacity-building programmes Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-38 38. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Provide financial support to women and girls, especially in rural areas and on remote islands, to increase their access to secondary and higher education as well as technical and vocational training Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-36(b) 36.(b) Intensify efforts to increase enrolment, retention and completion rates for women and girls in higher education and, to this end, ensure the provision of a free education scheme for female degree students, so as to retain them in higher education and achieve gender parity in graduate output Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
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