CRC/C/15/Add.237 page 14 (c) The limited length of compulsory education, which ends at the fourth grade; (d) Free primary education is not guaranteed in practice, as parents are required to cover the costs of uniforms, textbooks, stationery and other supplies; and (e) The majority of schools in Myanmar do not provide a conducive learning environment for children owing to, inter alia, the poor conditions of buildings, the poor quality of teaching/learning methodologies and the shortage of qualified teachers. 63. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Improve the quality of the education system with a view to achieving the aims mentioned in article 29, paragraph 1, of the Convention and the Committee’s general comment No. 1 (2001) on the aims of education; (b) Introduce human rights, including children’s rights, into the school curricula, starting at the primary level; (c) Ensure that primary education is free in practice by minimizing all costs borne by parents; (d) Extend compulsory education to at least the sixth grade; (e) Strengthen its efforts to progressively ensure that girls as well as boys, from urban, rural and remote areas, and children belonging to minority groups all have equal access to educational opportunities; (f) Adapt school curriculum to suit the particularities of the local communities, in particular for ethnic minority groups, and make use of local teachers to help children who are experiencing language difficulties; (g) Take the necessary measures to improve the poor quality of education and to ensure efficiency in the management of education, in particular by significantly increasing the resources allocated to education, hiring more qualified teachers and providing them with more opportunities for training; (h) Raise awareness of the importance of early childhood education and introduce it into the general framework of education; (i) school life; above. In light of article 12, encourage participation by children at all levels of (j) Build better infrastructure for schools; and (k) Seek assistance from UNICEF and UNESCO in the implementation of the