Children not attending schools at Atoll level ‐
(primary and secondary level)
health problems
Child refuses to attend school
Religious ideologies
reason is not documented
Disciplinary issues
other reasons
Children With Disabilities
Parent refuses to send child to school
Poverty issues
lack of opportunity
Expelled from school
24
15
14
8
2
7
11
9
1 12
0 00
2
5
11
7
3 2 2
1
Girls
Boys
1 0 0
3
1
4
2
0 1
0 00
2
4 5
Girls
0 0 1
4 5
0
2
Boys
Source: Analysis done using data obtained from Ministry of Education
191. The main reasons documented by MoE regarding children who do not attend to schools
at primary and secondary level at atoll based schools are due to reasons such as disabilities
of a child, health related issues, poverty issues, religious ideologies and for various other
reasons parents simply do not send their children to schools. In addition to these, some
children refuse to attend schools, especially at secondary level.
193. State should study the issue of children dropping out of schools and address the issue
as deprivation of a good education hinders one’s social and economical development.
State should ensure that the relevant legislations with provisions of penalty for such
actions are encompassed in a law. State should take the responsibility to strengthen the
national documentation of data on education and undertake a thorough assessment to
find out the reasons of school drop‐outs.
Rehabilitation of Juvenile offenders
194. Article 8 of the Law on the Protection of Rights of the Children stipulates that efforts
must be made to discourage children from misbehaving and violating rules and regulations
on the streets and in public places. The Government must organize, in such manner as is
Chapter: Article 24: Rights of the Child
192. The report on cases lodged at JJU in 2011, revealed that 82% of children in conflict with
the law were not attending schools while only 12 % attended schools. It was reported that
37% of these children dropped‐out from 8th grade (lower secondary) and only 8% of these
children end up completing schools.
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