basic data for setting up and implementing the policies concerning children, but the statistical data are not sufficient enough for an adequate checkup of the CRC implementation because they are lacking detailed information by age group or regional area. 17. The Government has conducted the Youth Panel Survey (including first grade students and fourth grade students in elementary schools and first year students in junior high schools, until they become a freshman in college/university). Additionally, it began conducting the Child Panel Survey (including children aged 12 or below) in 2008. As a good consequence, there exists a set of longitudinal data with no age group missing from 0 to 18 years in age. However, due to the fact that the Child Panel Survey is conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare while the Youth Panel Survey is conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, there is a problem of inconsistency in panel questions and survey respondents between the two Surveys, which in turn raises the question on the continuity of the survey outcomes. Furthermore, since the panel questions are focused on child welfare, the survey results are limited in providing an assessment of the general situation of children's rights in this country. 2) Questions 18. Does the Government have any plan to establish a comprehensive statistical system to measure the implementation of CRC? 6. Public awareness and education on CRC 1) Current situation 19. The efforts to increase public awareness towards CRC are being made only by a limited number of organizations including NHRCK. There are not sufficient school curricula on human rights, largely because of the schooling system centered around the college entrance exam, the low public awareness about the education on human rights and the lack of those specialized in human rights education. Both the UN's 1st World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005~2009) and NHRCK recommend that human rights education should be included in the school curricula, noting that human rights education might be less effective and deformed by the educators if it is left to the school's discretion. However, this recommendation has not led to substantial improvements in institutional arrangements in Korea. NHRCK also proposed a draft bill on human rights education with the aim of promoting human rights education in schools, other public institutions and the general civil society in 2007, but failed to have the bill enacted. - 5 -