CRC/C/ARG/CO/3-4 and counselling, in the area of adolescent health, including in particular early pregnancies, drug and alcohol abuse and other risky life styles. It also recommends that the State party obtain reliable data and information on adolescent health concerns through, inter alia, studies on this issue. The Committee especially recommends that the State party address the prevention of issues related to adolescent health and lifestyles, in consultation with the adolescents. Right to an adequate standard of living 64. The Committee welcomes the efforts of the State party to overcome poverty and extreme poverty, noting that, following its peak at 54.3 per cent in 2002, the poverty rate decreased irregularly until 2008. The Committee also welcomes the sustained increase in social investment, in particular in housing and social infrastructure, and the Universal Family Allowance per Child introduced in 2009. It regrets however that it is not yet possible to establish with certainty the actual effects of this investment on poverty, and that there are different calculations of the poverty rate (ranging from 13 to 47 per cent, depending on the source). The Committee is concerned that the existing databases and statistics make it difficult for the State party to continue expanding social investment in a more focused way and especially with regard to targeting investment to children and adolescents, in particular children in disadvantaged provinces and groups. 65. The Committee urges the State party to continue strong and systematic efforts to reduce pervasive poverty and to focus on children and adolescents, in particular the most disadvantaged, as part of a comprehensive social equity strategy that goes beyond financial measures and that is based on reliable statistics and evidence. 6. Education, leisure and cultural activities (arts. 28, 29 and 31 of the Convention) Education, including vocational training and guidance 66. The Committee notes with appreciation the adoption of Act No. 26206 on National Education, which was preceded by ample national debate, as well as the target of allocating 6 per cent of gross domestic product for education. The Committee welcomes in particular that compulsory secondary and pre-school education has been introduced, and that the State party has expressly acknowledged that “education is a personal and social right to be guaranteed by the State”. The Committee also notes the scholarship programme to facilitate the inclusion of adolescents, as well as the construction of new schools and the distribution of computers in secondary schools. 67. The Committee, nevertheless, observes that a significant number of adolescents continue to drop out and that there are insufficient measures to ensure a child’s transition from school to employment. This affects in particular indigenous adolescents living in extreme poverty. Furthermore, the Committee notes that the proportion of children with disabilities receiving special education is growing (78 per cent of those between the ages of 3 and 17 years); nevertheless, it regrets that only 53 per cent are integrated into regular educational facilities. The Committee further regrets the absence of reliable information regarding the number and reasons for dropout, especially of pregnant girls. 68. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 1 (2001) on the aims of education: (a) Reduce disparities across the provinces, in particular those related to children with disabilities, indigenous children and pregnant girls, in access to education and full enjoyment of the right to education; 15