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mental disorders. The Committee requests the State party to provide detailed and
updated information in its next report, including disaggregated statistical data and
indicators, that will allow it to assess the level of progress achieved in that area.
37.
The Committee is concerned about the limited access to sexual and reproductive health
services and contraceptives, especially in rural and deprived urban areas.
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure affordable access for
everyone, including adolescents, to comprehensive family planning services and
contraceptives, especially in rural and deprived urban areas, adequately funding
the free distribution of contraceptives, raising public awareness and strengthening
school education on sexual and reproductive health.
Article 13
38.
The Committee notes with concern that: (a) indicators for education in the State party are
very low; (b) the illiteracy rate among people over 15 years is very high; (c) children from poor
families, girls, children with disabilities, victims of mine accidents and children living in both
urban and remote rural areas have limited access to education, including education in their
mother tongue, and often drop out of school.
39.
The Committee regrets that the budget allocated to the education decreased between
2004 and 2006, despite the rapidly rising number of children in the school age. It is also
concerned at the lack of schools and training of teachers, especially in remote areas and in slums
settlements.
The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) adopt a comprehensive plan
of action concerning the educational system; (b) ensure the availability of teachers
in remote rural areas, and that they are fully trained and qualified; and (c) increase
public expenditure on education in general, and take deliberate and targeted
measures towards the progressive realization of the right to education for the
disadvantaged and marginalized groups throughout the country.
Article 15
40.
The Committee notes with concern that, due to the massive migrations of communities
and ethnic groups from the rural to urban areas, the preservation of their cultural heritage has
been undermined.
The Committee requests information from the State party in its next periodic report
on the enjoyment of the right to participate in and benefit from cultural life, such as
access to cultural activities and cultural property, especially by disadvantaged and
marginalized groups in society, and on measures undertaken to implement the right
of Angolan communities, including San people, to the preservation, protection and
development of their cultural heritage.