7.3 7.4 7.5 followed-up such cases to find the underlying causes in an attempt to bring those students back to formal education. In practice, the right to education is a free and compulsory right at the primary school level, along with free preparatory and secondary education in public schools. In this regard, the NIHR submitted a proposal to amend some provisions of Law No. (27) of 2005 on Education, to extend compulsory education age to include secondary education.9 The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior, represented by the reform and rehabilitation centers, as of the beginning of each academic year, takes the necessary measures to enable the inmates and the detainees to register and complete their enrollment in the various educational stages according to the applicable registration and enrollment methods. The Ministry of Education dispatches committees to reform and rehabilitation centers to enable those imprisoned or detained to sit for examinations on the scheduled dates. In addition, the Ministry coordinates with the universities to enable the enrolled inmates or detainees to take the examinations in accordance with the applicable regulations. Recommendations: a. Review the content of the curricula on citizenship by the competent bodies to include topics that advance culture and actual practice based on promoting respect for human rights and the rights of the child and to present such curricula that children may comprehend. b. Develop the education system for all academic stages within juvenile centers or reform and rehabilitation centers and detention for those under 18 years of age. In addition, make education compulsory in coordination with the Ministry of Education, to be in line with the relevant international and regional standards and the best practices in this regard. c. Give more attention and care to the educational services provided to persons with disabilities to enable them to pursue and continue all the stages of their education (elementary, preparatory, and secondary) in full, and to treat them equally like their other peers without disabilities. 9 For further information on the proposal to amend some provisions of Law No. (27) of 2005 on Education, please refer to the Third Annual Report of the National Institution for Human Rights, 2015, by visiting the NIHR website: www.nihr.org.bh 24 NIHR_Bahrain©CRC_Additional_Information_Nov2018