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(b)
Provide incentives for staying in school and facilitating the transition
from primary to secondary school;
(c)
Reinforce of the multilingual nature of the population (Guarani-Spanish
and others) and adapt the education methodologies and materials to this reality;
(d)
Improve the quality of teacher training, particularly with regard to
intercultural and bilingual education;
(e)
Provide sufficient early childhood facilities, including for young children,
and make parents aware of the importance of early childhood development and
education;
(f)
Increase efforts for rural and indigenous children to access education,
particularly to early childhood education;
(g)
Expand the system of vocational training and improve the access of
adolescents to these facilities.
8.
Special protection measures (arts. 22; 30; 38; 39; 40; 37 (b)-(d); 32-36 of
the Convention)
Unaccompanied, refugee children
62.
While welcoming the efforts undertaken by the State party to improve the situation
of refugees in the country, the Committee regrets that no sufficient information has been
provided on the situation of refugee children. It also regrets that no special procedures have
been established to deal with unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers, including measures
aimed at addressing their specific needs and at determining their best interests.
63.
The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to ensure that
asylum claims submitted by children are analysed under a refugee status
determination procedure that takes into consideration the specific needs and rights of
child asylum-seekers in accordance with international refugee and human rights law,
and take into account the UNHCR Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the
Child. In this regard, the Committee draws attention to its general comment No. 6
(2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their
country of origin.
Economic exploitation, including child labour
64.
The Committee welcomes the efforts carried out by the State party to eradicate child
labour, such as the “Abrazo” programme initiated in 2005. However, it expresses concern
that there are no reliable statistics on the number of children who carry out economic
activities, sometimes at a very low age, and at the lack of a specialized unit to monitor and
inspect the working conditions of children.
65.
The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent measures to
monitor and address exploitative forms of child labour by:
(a)
Taking measures to prevent children under the minimum age from
working in all sectors;
(b)
Strengthening its efforts in order to provide reliable information on the
number of children who carry out economic activities;
(c)
Improving monitoring mechanisms in order to enforce existing labour
laws and protect children from economic exploitation; and
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