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77.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Ensure that primary education is free and compulsory for all, particularly by
eliminating “hidden costs”;
(b) Invest considerable additional resources in order to ensure the right of all
children to a truly inclusive education;
(c) Include the teaching of human rights and the principles of the Convention, in
school curricula;
(d) Involve Roma parents and communities in the development of educational
curricula appropriate for and sensitive to the Roma culture and customs, provide material
assistance adjusted to children’s conditions of living and respect the children’s language
and culture in the interactive learning processes and social life in school;
(e) Introduce intercultural education and education for tolerance at all levels of
the education system;
(f)
Improve the quality of education available to all children particularly with
regard to the development of life skills, and while paying particular attention to children in
institutions;
(g) Enhance and improve the accessibility of kindergarten and pre-school
education for Roma and deprived children, in order to prepare them for school and
provide opportunities to engage in play and sports;
(h) Raise awareness among school directors of the legal provisions banning
school segregation adopted in July 2007;
(i)
Develop a formal system for providing alternative, community based preschool opportunities for rural children.
Right to leisure and play
78.
The Committee welcomes the numerous efforts taken by the State party to ensure the
right to rest, leisure, recreation and participation in cultural activities of children, but is
concerned at the lack of adequate playgrounds available to children, and that sports are
insufficiently promoted in school and the society at large.
79.
The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to guarantee
the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities
appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. The
State party should pay particular attention to provide children, including those with
disabilities, with adequate playground spaces to exercise their play and leisure activities.
7. Special protection measures
(arts. 22, 30, 38, 39, 40, 37 (b)-(d), 32-36 of the Convention)
Asylum-seeking and refugee children
80.
The Committee notes that the new Law on Asylum adopted in 2006 (Law No. 122/2006)
encompasses explicitly the principle of best interests of the child in all decisions regarding the