CRC/C/KGZ/CO/3-4 (b) The lack of qualified teachers owing to low salaries, which leads to a very low quality of education, and the lack of textbooks; (c) school; Extortion of fees from parents, which prevents many children from attending (d) Poor infrastructure of educational facilities which do not meet safety standards and lack water supply and sewage system, adequate heating and electricity; (e) Widespread violence and racketeering in schools, which has led to suicides and barred many high school students from attending school for safety concerns; (f) The tendency to reassign Uzbek-language schools as Kyrgyz and mixedmedium schools following the 2010 ethnic violence. 56. Taking into account its general comment No. 1 (2001) on the aims of education, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure that all children, including minority children, have access to free and compulsory education, which is not compromised by their involvement in the labour market; (b) Take measures to improve the quality of education, by training teachers, providing incentives to attract qualified teachers, ensuring a sufficient number of textbooks and conducting independent, regular assessments of children; (c) Put an end to the practice of extorting fees from the parents of children attending school; (d) Take measures to invest in and maintain the infrastructure of schools, including on access to water, sewage systems, heating and electricity, and ensure that school buildings respond to high safety standards; (e) Put an end to school racketeering by supervising the behaviour of children and sanctioning those who are involved in racketeering activities; (f) Take measures to ensure that children from minority communities, in particular Uzbek children, have access to education in their native language without any restrictions. I. Other special protection measures (arts. 22, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37 (b–d) and 38–40) Children in situations of migration 57. The Committee is concerned that children who have migrated internally with their parents live in hazardous houses with no access to energy, sanitation and communications and have no access to health care and education as they do not have residence permits. 58. The Committee recalls its report of the day of general discussion on the rights of all children in the context of migration (2012) and recommends that the State party ensure that children of internal migrant workers are provided with adequate living conditions and immediate access to health care and education irrespective of their residency status. Children belonging to minority groups 59. The Committee is concerned about discriminatory practices against minority groups and the continuing atmosphere of insecurity and tension since the ethnic conflict in 2010. It is particularly concerned about the increased segregation of minorities in many respects, 13

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