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62.
The Committee recommends that the State party to:
(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,
children from minorities, including repatriates and refugees or asylum-seekers, children
from disadvantaged groups and those who need special attention, and high-quality
education, including in children’s own languages;
(b)
Further pursue efforts to increase the number of pre-school establishments
and encourage pre-school attendance including by providing appropriate financial
resources;
(c)
Ensure that legislation with regard to compulsory education is enforced,
including through the provision of the appropriate resources for that purpose;
(d)
Ensure that educational reforms are implemented with sufficient
preparation and support to schools, including appropriate 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 (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 into the school curricula, in the different languages of
instruction where applicable.
7. Special protection measures
Refugee and internally displaced children
63.
The Committee welcomes the information provided on the new bill on refugees and notes
the efforts of the State party relating to the repatriation of ethnic Kazakhs in this regard;
however, the Committee is concerned that:
(a)
De facto refugees from certain countries are not granted refugee status;
(b)
Problems exist in accessing education for children who have not been granted
refugee status and do not have other documents that are required;
(c)
The treatment, including nutritional and medical care, provided for illegal
migrants, including children, arriving in western Kazakhstan seeking work is inadequate;
(d)
Unaccompanied minors are not accorded the same treatment as other children
deprived of their family environment.
64.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Ensure that the (draft) law conforms to article 22 of the Convention and
other international standards on the protection of and assistance to refugee children,
expedite its promulgation and ensure its effective implementation;