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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 29 September
2006 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/congo2006.html [accessed 30 January 2011] [68]
The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party has adopted
legislation whereby primary education is compulsory and free of charge. The
Committee is however concerned at the insufficiency of budget allocations for
pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools, and the poor quality of
education. The Committee is also concerned at the common practice of parents’
associations having to support the functioning of the educational system by
contributing to the salaries of teachers, as well as to the operating and
investment expenditure of schools, such as building and furnishing of
classrooms facilities. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned at the large
number of repetition and drop-outs, overcrowded schools, the low attendance
in secondary school, the insufficient number of trained teachers and
available school facilities. The Committee is further concerned at the low
number of children graduating from primary school and the lack of vocational
training for children, in particular those who drop out of school. Finally,
the Committee is concerned at the limited access of indigenous children to
education. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2006 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2006OCFTreport.pdf [accessed 2 November 2010] INCIDENCE AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children work with their
families on farms or in informal business activities.1122 In Brazzaville and
other urban centers, there are significant numbers of street children,
primarily from the neighboring Human Rights Reports » 2006
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78729.htm [accessed 30 January 2011] CHILDREN - There were isolated cases of child prostitution among street
children. The prevalence of the problem remained unclear. According to
reports from international and local NGOs and other observers, these cases
were not linked to trafficking but were efforts by some street children to
survive. International organizations assisted with programs to feed and
shelter street children. During the year the number of street children remained
approximately the same. In 2004 the United Nations Children's Fund estimated
that most of the street children in Brazzaville were from the DRC, as were
some of those in Pointe Noire. Street children were not known to suffer from
targeted abuse by government authorities or vigilante groups, but they were
vulnerable to sexual exploitation and often fell prey to criminal elements
such as drug smugglers. Many street children begged or sold cheap or stolen
goods to support themselves. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 29 September
2006 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/congo2006.html [accessed 30 January 2011] [68]
The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party has adopted
legislation whereby primary education is compulsory and free of charge. The
Committee is however concerned at the insufficiency of budget allocations for
pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools, and the poor quality of
education. The Committee is also concerned at the common practice of parents’
associations having to support the functioning of the educational system by
contributing to the salaries of teachers, as well as to the operating and
investment expenditure of schools, such as building and furnishing of
classrooms facilities. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned at the large
number of repetition and drop-outs, overcrowded schools, the low attendance
in secondary school, the insufficient number of trained teachers and
available school facilities. The Committee is further concerned at the low number
of children graduating from primary school and the lack of vocational
training for children, in particular those who drop out of school. Finally,
the Committee is concerned at the limited access of indigenous children to
education. Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic,
Social, and Cultural Rights International
Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 12/05/2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/esc/congo2000.html [accessed
19 September 2011] 21. The Committee expresses its
grave concern regarding the decline of the standard of health in the Republic
of the UN
Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, Pointe-Noire, 24 July 2008 www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79423 [accessed
4 May 2011] The children are part of a growing
number living on According to the UN Children's
Fund (UNICEF), Congo has continued to feel the effects of a decade-long
brutal civil war that ended in 2003, displaced millions of people and ravaged
the economy. The war left in its wake
thousands of children without birth certificates, young girls with babies
from unknown fathers, and child soldiers needing demobilisation
and reintegration into civil society. The Protection Project - Republic of the The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/congor.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Evidence suggests that hundreds
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