CRC/C/15/Add.191 page 15 61. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure the availability of free primary education and accessibility for all children in the State party, giving particular attention to children in rural communities, Roma children, Crimean Tatar children and children of other minorities, as well as children from disadvantaged backgrounds, to good quality education, including in their own language; (b) Take the necessary steps to increase the number of pre-school establishments; (c) Ensure that legislation with regard to compulsory education is enforced, including through the provision of the appropriate resources for this purpose; (d) Ensure that education reforms are implemented with sufficient preparation and that support is provided to schools to implement the reform, including extra funding and teacher training, and establish a process for quality evaluation of the new programmes; (e) Improve the quality of education in the whole country in order to achieve the goals mentioned in article 29, paragraph 1, of the Convention and the Committee’s General Comment No. 1 on the aims of education, and ensure that human rights education, including children’s rights, is included in the school curricula. 8. Special protection measures Refugee and internally displaced children 62. The Committee welcomes the enactment of the Refugee Law 2001, but remains concerned that: (a) As noted in the State party’s report, some refugee children, especially older ones, do not attend school which prevents them from obtaining an education and leads to their isolation in Ukrainian society; (b) The registration and refugee status determination procedures have been suspended since August 2001, pending the implementation of the new refugee law; (c) Nutritional and medical care provided to illegal migrants, including children, who are detained at points of entry and held on the premises of the border guards, is inadequate. 63. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Develop a procedure to attend to the specific needs and situation of unaccompanied child refugees, as suggested in the State party’s report; (b) Implement the Refugee Law 2001;

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