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(b) Requiring schools to be responsive to the differing needs and strengths of
all children, including migrant children;
(c) Establishing institutions, policies and practices that recognize and value
diversity.
Targets and indicators
64.
Targets should include:
(a) All children, including migrant children, irrespective of their status and
circumstances, have equal access to and complete free, inclusive and quality
primary and secondary education;
(b) All children, including migrant children, irrespective of their status and
circumstances, achieve recognized and measurable learning outcomes, especially in
literacy, numeracy and essential life and work skills;
(c) All children, including migrant children, irrespective of their status and
circumstances, receive culturally appropriate education;
(d) Education policies take into consideration the special requirements of
marginalized groups, including migrant children, such as language training;
(e)
Promotion of lifelong vocational training for all, including migrants;
(f) Education policies facilitate the social and economic integration of
migrants through, among other things, the cross-border recognition of skills and
qualifications. 5
65.
Indicators should include the proportion of:
(a) Migrant children gaining access to and co mpleting universal, free and
compulsory primary education leading to relevant and measurable learning
outcomes;
(b) Migrant children gaining access to and completing progressively free
secondary education, with graduates demonstrating relevant learning o utcomes;
(c) Migrant learners who enrol in and complete tertiary education leading to
a certificate, diploma and/or degree and have access to lifelong learning
opportunities. 21
7.
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
66. Migration can contribute to gender equality and the empowerment of women
by providing women migrants with the income, status, autonomy, freedom and
self-esteem that come with employment. Studies have shown that temporary
migration is associated with higher school enrolment for girls in countries of origin. 17
67. This goal should have a focus on ending gender discrimination and
inequalities, in particular in marginalized groups, including migrants.
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See General Assembly resolutions 68/179, para. 5 (h), and 68/4, para. 13, in addition to Human
Rights Council resolution 20/3, para. 3.
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