CRC/C/MKD/CO/2 (e) Continue and strengthen the measures to promote the integration of Roma children in mainstream education, especially by sensitizing teachers and other professionals and assisting families in economic hardship; (f) Strengthen measures to ensure that the decision to refer children to special schools is based on objective criteria, is taken by an interdisciplinary team of professionals, is subject to a periodic review, takes due account of the child’s linguistic and cultural background and is not based on socio-economic reasons; (g) Promote, develop and ensure access to early childhood development and education, especially for children at risk of delayed development and socio-economic deprivation, taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 7 (2005) on implementing child rights in early childhood (CRC/C/GC/7); (h) Implement plans to introduce reproductive education in both primary and secondary school as indicated during the dialogue; and (i) Ensure that religious education is optional, taking into consideration the best interests of the child, and is conducted in a manner that contributes to a spirit of understanding, tolerance and friendship among all ethnic and religious groups as stipulated in article 29, paragraph 1 (d), of the Convention. 7. Special protection measures (arts. 22, 30, 38, 39, 40, 37 (b)–(d), 32–36 of the Convention) Asylum-seeking and refugee children 67. The Committee notes that the State party is taking over responsibility for the health care, social protection and housing of asylum-seekers, refugees and persons under subsidiary protection as of 1 January 2010. Notwithstanding the statement of the State party’s delegation, the Committee is concerned that unaccompanied and separated children are not always appointed a guardian and are not accommodated separately from adults. 68. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that unaccompanied and separated children are appointed a guardian and are accommodated separately from adults, and that children among refugees and asylum-seekers are assured of access to education, health care, social protection and housing, taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin (CRC/GC/2005/6). Economic exploitation including child labour 69. While noting that, under the Law on Labour Relations, the minimum age for admission to employment is 15 and persons employed under the age of 18 years are entitled to special protection, the Committee is concerned about weak implementation of child labour laws and policies, and the incidence of child labour in the informal sector, in particular begging and street-vending at intersections, on street corners and in restaurants. 70. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the implementation of labour laws and policies and investigate the root causes in order to prevent children at risk from child labour, particularly in the informal economy. Children in street situations 71. The Committee, while noting the development of a protocol for the treatment of children in street situations, is deeply concerned about the growing number of these children, the majority of whom are Roma, and about the absence of progress towards 15