authorities, while one complaint was filed due to the absence of a violated right. NIHR
did not receive any complaint regarding this right in the year (2021)
5.18 The NIHR provided legal aid to (7) cases in (2019), related to the right to
education, (9) related legal aid cases in (2020), and ( 9 ) legal aid cases in (2021).,
and some parties were addressed The NIHR communicated directly in some of them
with authorities concerned for humanitarian reasons, while a number of applicants
were informed of the procedures to be followed in such cases, in addition to the
NIHR’s monitoring of one case in 2019 related to the right to education, and two cases
were monitored .in (2021), where the concerned authorities were contacted about it.
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Recommendations:
(A)
Issuing a special law regulating the process of entitlement, and
distribution of grants and scholarships to eligible students.
(B)
Recognizing the importance by the concerned authorities in the
education affairs for setting a detailed timetable within their
national strategy in the field of education, which includes the
steps and efforts that they will take during the next phase for the
purpose of the gradual realization of the full implementation of
the right to free education to include all citizens and residents.
(C)
Increasing oversight of private education, in order to ensure that
the educational and academic aspect dominates the profitmaking aspect of private educational and training institutions,
and in particular private higher education institutions.
(D)
Reviewing the content of citizenship curricula for the purpose of
including topics that develop culture and actual practice based
on promoting respect for human rights.
Parallel Report of the National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain submitted to the Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)@2021
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