CRC/C/15/Add.196 page 13 43. The Committee encourages the State party: (a) To study the causes of the high repetition, drop-out and non-attendance rates and undertake effective actions to address these problems on the basis of the findings of the study; (b) To consider adapting the school curricula to the varied needs of children and promote activities that may attract children to schools, thereby reducing the number of dropouts; (c) To evaluate the effectiveness of those activities and devise strategies accordingly; (d) To further enhance the system of education for national minorities; (e) To take adequate measures to promote a non-violent environment in schools; (f) To take all the appropriate measures to implement Regulation No. 209 for mother-tongue instruction for students whose mother tongue is not Estonian, providing also for the teaching of their culture and history; (g) To consider implementing the recommendations made by the Legal Chancellor with regard to schools in rural areas; (h) To improve the quality of education in the whole country in order to achieve the goals set out in article 29, paragraph 1, of the Convention and in the Committee’s General Comment on the aims of education (CRC/GC/2001/1), and to ensure that human rights education, including children’s rights, are included into the school curricula. 7. Special measures of protection Street children 44. The Committee is concerned at the increasing number of street children and at the lack of a systematic comprehensive strategy to address this situation and to provide these children with adequate assistance. 45. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake a study on the causes and scope of the phenomenon of street children and develop a comprehensive strategy with the aim of preventing and reducing this phenomenon and protecting children; (b) Ensure that street children are provided with adequate nutrition, clothing, housing, health care and educational opportunities, including vocational and life-skills training, in order to support their full development;