CRC/C/CHN/CO/3-4 education for children living in rural areas and especially for children from ethnic minorities, asylum-seeking and refugee children, children whose mothers are from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and children of migrant workers. In this regard, it is seriously concerned about the reports of official harassment and forced closure of privately run schools for migrant children in areas where they have little or no access to the State school system. It is further concerned about: (a) The quality of education throughout mainland China, which affects students’ repetition and retention, and high drop-out rates for lower secondary school, especially in several southern provinces; (b) Inadequate sanitation and hygiene, poor school infrastructure and physical safety for children in schools; (c) The lack of measures to promote the use and learning of mother-tongue and minority languages in the context of the bilingual education policy and discrimination against Tibetan and Uighur children and children of migrant workers within the Chinese education system; (d) The multiple barriers in the use and promotion of the Tibetan language in schools in Tibet, China and reports of closure of schools and detention of teachers; (e) The prohibition of admission of children of an “evil cult” to educational institutions, as stipulated in article 10 of the 2013 regulation on admission requirements for universities and colleges, which prevents children of Falun Gong practitioners, among others, from obtaining a college education; (f) The quality and reliability of education data throughout the country. 76. The Committee recommends that the State party continue to strengthen programmes and policies to ensure the accessibility of quality education for all children in mainland China, particularly children of migrant workers, children from ethnic minorities and refugee and asylum-seeking children. It further urges the State party to: (a) Ensure adequate funding to education at all levels and in all geographic areas and improve school infrastructure, the number of teachers and children’s access to school materials and textbooks; (b) End harassment and closure of privately run schools for migrant children and ensure that education is automatically made available to all refugee and asylum-seeking children following their arrival and registration in mainland China; (c) Effectively implement the bilingual language policy to ensure use and promotion of ethnic minority languages and ensure participation by ethnic minorities, including Tibetan and Uighur children, at the local and regional levels in the decisionmaking process of the education system; (d) Eliminate all restrictions, including the closure of Tibetan schools, that severely restrict the ability of Tibetan children to learn and use the Tibetan language in schools; it should also ensure that all teaching and learning materials for the primary and secondary level are also available in ethnic minority languages and with culturally sensitive content, as guaranteed by the Constitution of China; (e) Immediately repeal article 10 of the 2013 admission requirements for universities and colleges and ensure that all children can have access to education without any restriction, regardless of their religion, belief or conscience; (f) Expedite its efforts to improve school construction, safety and hygiene and access to adequate sanitation in all schools; 17