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(b)
education;
Take measures to progressively extend the duration of compulsory
(c)
Increase the number of school days to 180 in order to bring it in line with
international standards and ensure that the prohibition of the involvement of children in
cotton harvesting is effectively implemented;
(d)
Reopen Kazakh-, Uzbek-, Armenian- and Russian-language classes and
schools for children of ethnic minorities;
(e)
Invest in training teachers, improve their remuneration and ensure that
teachers are totally devoted to their school duties and do not perform any other task during
school hours;
(f)
Invest in the improvement of schools’ facilities, textbooks and other supplies;
(g)
Strengthen its efforts to include human rights in general, and the rights of
the child in particular, into the school curricula;
(h)
Increase availability of vocational training programmes for young people,
with the view of facilitating their future access to the labour market; and
(i)
Seek further assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF and UNESCO.
7. Special protection measures
(arts. 22; 38; 39; 40; 37 (b)-(d); 30 and 32-36 of the Convention)
Refugee and displaced children
61.
The Committee welcomes the fact that, in 2005, over 10,000 Tajik refugees have been
granted Turkmen nationality. However, the Committee is concerned that children may be
seriously affected by the fact that, as of 2001, forced resettlement became part of the Criminal
Code of Turkmenistan and is used as a punishment for certain crimes. Furthermore, the
Committee is also concerned about the information of forced displacement of ethnic minorities,
including children.
62.
The Committee recommends that the State party urgently act to abolish forced
resettlement as a punishment for certain crimes and put an end to its policy of forced
displacement of ethnic minorities.
Economic exploitation
63.
The Committee welcomes the fact that the President issued a decree against child labour
and specifically condemned the use of children for cotton harvesting as well as the recent