CRC/C/15/Add.119 page 9 the Armenian language may in practice deny full access to education to ethnic and national minorities. The Committee is also concerned that low wages have forced teachers to offer private tuition, creating a two-tier system of education. 45. The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to allocate the required resources (i.e. human and financial) to improve access to education for the most vulnerable groups of children; and to ensure that the quality of education is monitored and guaranteed. The Committee also recommends that the State party strengthen its educational policies and system in order to establish retention programmes and vocational training for drop-out students. The Committee recommends that greater efforts be directed to improving the quality of teacher training programmes, and improving the school environment. The Committee recommends that the State party pay due regard to the aims of education laid down in article 29 and consider introducing human rights, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, into the school curricula, including at the primary school level. The Committee encourages the State party to seek assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF, UNESCO and relevant NGOs. D.8. Special measures of protection Unaccompanied, asylum seeking and refugee children (art. 22) 46. While the Committee welcomes the State party’s openness towards refugees from neighbouring States, it remains concerned at the limited enjoyment of their rights by refugee, asylum-seeking and unaccompanied children. 47. The Committee recommends that the State party increase efforts to implement the 1998 Refugee Law and adopt implementing sub-legislation. Given that the requirement of housing registration may be a barrier to naturalization for refugees, the Committee recommends that the State party continue efforts to facilitate naturalization through de facto residence registration, as well as easing the procedure and eligibility for regular housing registration. The Committee recommends that the State party establish special status determination procedures for unaccompanied children, and provide documentation to legalize stay in Armenia for asylum-seekers. The Committee recommends that the State party prevent the recruitment of refugees into the military. The Committee recommends that the State party continue its efforts to teach the Armenian language to refugee children and to address the trend of school drop-out among refugee adolescents. The Committee encourages the State party to continue and expand its cooperation with international agencies such as UNHCR and UNICEF to address the limited health, education and rehabilitation services available for refugee children, especially those residing in remote areas. Children and armed conflict, and their recovery (arts. 38 and 39) 48. The Committee expresses its concern at the negative impact of recent armed conflicts on children. In addition, the Committee is concerned about the alleged conscription of young children into the State party’s armed forces.

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