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ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61714.htm [accessed 6 February
2020] CHILDREN
- The
government claimed child welfare and education were priorities but lacked
sufficient funding to maintain and improve standards. Public schools lacked basic educational
materials, and facilities were overcrowded and substandard. Public education
is compulsory and free for children through the age of 16, and most children
attended school until that age. During the summer
months, the RBPF operated a hot line in response to an increase in the number
of reports of missing or exploited children. The Ministry of
Social Services is responsible for abandoned children up to 18 years of age
but had very limited resources at its disposal. The government hospital
housed eight abandoned children (all of whom had physical disabilities)
during the year, as there was no effective foster care program in which to
house them. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 31 March 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/bahamas2005.html [accessed 20 January
2011] [53] The Committee notes
with appreciation that the largest share of the national budget is allocated
to education and that primary and secondary education is free in public
schools for all children in the State party. It also notes that the PACE
Program (Providing Access to Continued Education Program) ensures that
pregnant teenagers are given an opportunity to complete their education.
However, the Committee remains concerned at the dropout rates within the
formal public education system, especially among boys. [55] The Committee
appreciates the progress made by the State party in addressing the issue of
child labor, including the adoption of the Employment Act in 2001. However,
the Committee is concerned at the relatively high prevalence of child labor
in the State party and the insufficient protection from hazardous forms of
work involving children between 14 and 18 years of age. www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/38th%20session%20BAHAMAS%20Jan%2005.doc [Last access date
unavailable] OVERVIEW OF STREET CHILDREN
ISSUES GENERAL MEASURES OF
IMPLEMENTATION STATE REPORT Para 12: “The
Children and Young Persons (Administration of Justice) Act (18 September,
1947) provides for the protection of children from all forms of cruelty and
exploitation”. Para 19: “Children
in the Bahamas have access to free education, free medical care, and in
special circumstances such as broken or deprived families, due to
socio-economic conditions, the Government provides subsistence where needed”. All
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