RIGHT TO EDUCATION 1. The Government should extend compulsory education up to class VIII. 2. To the extent that resources permit, the risk of non-attendance should be mitigated as far as possible with the provision of stipends to ensure the attendance of children in school. 3. The Government should take all necessary measures to ensure realization of the objectives of education as set forth in article 29 of the CRC and Bangladesh’s Education Policy 2010. 4. The Government should adopt policies to reduce disparities among various streams of education and instead promote greater integration and standardization of school curricula. RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS OF THE MINORITY CHILDREN 1. The Government should take measures to protect the rights of the child to enjoy his or her social and cultural rights, including the right to exercise his or her right to freedom of religion or belief and to use his or her language. 2. The Government should facilitate the implementation of the Small Ethnic Group Cultural Institution Act 2010 and the National Children Policy 2011 to foster, develop and protect unique local cultures, traditions and languages of tribes, minority races and sects. PROTECTION AGAINST ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION AND HAZARDOUS WORK 1. The Government should adopt adequate measures to enforce child labour laws as well as monitor working conditions of children. 2. The Government should take measures to strengthen public awareness about the negative effects of child labour. 3. The Government should provide safety net programmes to give financial and social benefits to extremely poor and vulnerable families who relied on child labour to survive. 4. The Government should undertake nationwide survey to update data relating to child labour in Bangladesh. MINIMUM AGE FOR ADMISSION TO EMPLOYMENT 1. The Government should take necessary steps to ratify the ILO Minimum Age Convention No. 138 for eradication of child labour in Bangladesh. 2. The Government should positively take all possible legislative, administrative and others measures to address the issue related to minimum age for employment. 35