CRC/C/15/Add.170 page 17 (c) The high overall drop-out rate and the very high drop-out rates among rural and Roma children; (d) Reports that compulsory education requirements are not systematically enforced; (e) Difficulties in gaining access to education for some groups of children, including asylum-seeking and refugee children who experience difficulties in registering for school and obtaining education certificates; (f) The poor quality of education in many schools that teach in languages other than Greek, including the use of outdated textbooks and late term starting dates; the very high estimated illiteracy rates among Roma children; the low proportion of children from distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic or cultural groups who attend secondary school and that some children, particularly from these groups, are accepted in school only as auditors and not permitted to gain academic credit for their studies; (g) 67. The lack of sufficient space for schools, particularly in cities. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Continue ongoing efforts to increase the proportion of the national budget spent on public education; (b) Ensure the access to education for all children in the State party, including increasing the enrolment and reducing the drop-out rates, giving particular attention to children in rural communities, children from Roma and other distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic or cultural groups, and children from disadvantaged backgrounds, including through the use of information campaigns targeting parents and local authorities; (c) Ensure that legislation with regard to compulsory education is enforced, including through provision of the appropriate resources for this purpose; (d) Encourage and support increases in the numbers of children from distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic or cultural groups attending secondary school; (e) Expand the practice of recruiting second teachers who speak languages other than Greek to cover all relevant schools and major languages; (f) Ensure that schools have sufficient space to function effectively, including for gymnasium and sports facilities; (g) Continue and strengthen existing programmes of training and information for all teachers on multicultural concerns, with a view to the effective integration into the State party’s school system of children from all distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic or cultural groups and other backgrounds;