for approving or rejecting any project or activity affecting their lands, territories and other resources. Based on the EMRIP’s Final Report on The Study on Indigenous Peoples and The Right to Participate in Decision-Making, the participation of IP in the internal process of decision making that is free from external interference, should be supported by the community and the authority. 128 FPIC is recognised by intergovernmental organisations, international bodies, as well as in international human rights law in varying degrees and increasingly in the laws of States. 129 However in Malaysia, the respect towards the FPIC principle is nearly nonexistent, and as such, violates the international standard. Numerous reports and complaints show that the Social and Environmental Impact Assessments (SEIA/EIA) that are required before certain projects commence were not conducted in a proper manner and that communities were often not consulted. (iii) Education Education of indigenous children is at a worrying level. Many indigenous children fail to master the 3M skills (reading, writing, arithmetic). In addition, the number of indigenous children who drop out from schools before Standard Six is alarming. 130 As a result, indigenous students fail to master core subjects, including the Malay language, English, Mathematics and Science. For example, almost 50% of indigenous children at Kampung Kolam Air Pantai, Seremban in Negeri Sembilan have been reported to be uninterested in going to school, 131 while a higher number of indigenous children were reported to have dropped out in Sabah and Sarawak. 132 Based on a research by University Utara Malaysia entitled “Children of the Orang Asli Minority in Malaysia: Achieving the Malay Language Literacy” carried out by Abdul Sukor EMRIP (n 2), para. 18 Fergus MacKay, ‘Indigenous People's Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent and the World Bank's Extractive Industries Review’ (Summer 2004) Sustainable Development Law and Policy 4(2), 43-65 http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1380&context=sdlp> 130 Johari Talibet al., ‘Bagaimana kanak-kanak Orang Asli gagal di sekolah?’ (2007) MALIM: Jurnal Pengajian Umum Asia Tenggara 8, 51-76 <http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1142/1/1.pdf> 131 Utusan Online, ‘50% anak Orang Asli enggan kesekolah’ Utusan Online (Seremban, 26 September 2011) <http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=0927&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Selatan&pg=ws _03.htm#ixzz2FYUwQem5>accessed 20 December 2012 132 Liz Gooch, ‘Indigenous Malaysians Miss School, Agency Finds’ The New York Times Online (Kuala Lumpur, September 9, 2012) <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/world/asia/10ihteducmalay10.html?_r=0>accessed 1 August 2013 128 129 47