CRC/C/15/Add.190 page 13 (j) In light of the Committee’s General Comment No. 1 on article 29, paragraph 1, of the Convention (The aims of education), take measures to strengthen the accessibility, quality and management of schools and take action to address the problems identified. 55. The Committee is deeply concerned at the fact that the availability, accessibility and quality of education in the southern part of the country is much worse than in the rest of the country (e.g. only 16-18 per cent of children have access to education and not more than 20 per cent of those are girls; the drop-out rate is still high; teachers are not paid salaries and most of them are not qualified; schools are often too far away and education is regularly disrupted by the armed conflict; and availability of educational material is very limited). These and other concerns lead to the following recommendations, particularly for the southern part of the country. 56. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Urgently implement measures to raise the number of children enrolling in education and, as far as possible, support children so that they enrol at the correct age; (b) Significantly strengthen teacher training through, inter alia, improving the quality of training and significantly raising the number of teachers trained, including teachers able to teach in local languages; (c) Implement measures to improve children’s access to schools through, inter alia, the provision of transport to schools over a certain distance away or the establishment of additional schools closer to children; (d) Give particular attention to increasing the number of girls enrolling in and completing education; (e) Ensure appropriate use of the new curriculum; (f) Seek technical assistance from UNICEF in this regard. 8. Special protection measures Refugee and internally displaced children 57. The Committee is concerned at the large number of Sudanese children who continue to live as refugees in neighbouring countries; that refugee children from neighbouring countries do not enjoy all their rights contained in the Convention; at the situation of internally displaced children; and at reports of forced evictions for the purposes of oil exploration. 58. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its efforts to secure the voluntary and safe return of Sudanese refugee children and their families, in accordance with all international standards;