E/CN.4/1989/44 page 20 47. As regards the education sector, the relevant provisions of the Constitution and other laws and regulations were mentioned in the reply, which stated in particular: "Training of teachers "There are five colleges for the purpose of training national schoolteachers - four of these are under the management of Roman Catholic authorities and the remaininq College is managed by Church of Ireland denomination. The premises are owned by the reliqious authorities and State grants are paid towards the running costs of the institutions for the purpose of maintaining a suitable supply of trained teachers for service in national schools. ... The grants are paid specifically for a service rendered rather than for the purpose of endowing a particular religion. "... Schools are not State owned, but rather ... aided and assisted by the State provided they comply with certain conditions which are laid down in the Rules for National Schools. "In recognition of the denominational character of the national school system, the pre-service training institutions for primary teachers are also expressly denominational in character, the Roman Catholic institutions catering for Roman Catholics and the Church of Ireland institution catering for students from various Protestant denominations. "The overall number of students to be admitted to each training college is determined by the Department of Education. Minimum entry criteria are set out and an open competition for entrance is held each year ... "Separate competitions operate for a small number of mature students and members of religious orders where candidates, who must meet the minimum entry criteria applicable to all students, are selected for training. "Mature students, members of religious orders and open competition students who are selected by three separate competitions are eligible for State grants towards the cost of training ... "'Integration of curriculum denies parents the right to withdraw their children from religion class' "The 1965 (current) Rules for National Schools refer in the preface to the explicit recognition of the denominational character of schools ...