Contents
- Concluding observations (7/29/2011) made by the Convention on the
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Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women on the 7
periodic report of the Republic of Korea; special report on migrants’ right
to education (A/HRC/14/25). Article 30 of the Migrant Workers Convention
stipulates that “each child of a migrant worker shall have the basic right
to access to education based on equality of treatment with nationals of the
State concerned. Access to public pre-school educational institutions or
schools shall not be refused or limited for reasons of the irregular situation
with respect to stay or employment of either parent or for reasons of the
irregularity of the child's stay in the State of employment.”
- Article 45 (4) of the Migrant Workers Convention stipulates that “States
of employment may provide special schemes of education in the mother
tongue of children of migrant workers, if necessary, in collaboration with
the States of origin.”
C. Core agenda items for promotion
Ⅲ-1-1. Access to public education of migrant children should be strengthened.
Their parents should be provided with the following information in the
languages understood by them: location of the relevant administrative
agency in charge of the procedure for student admission or transfer;
administrative procedures to follow and period required; how to prepare
the necessary documents, and; general information on the country’s
education and welfare system.
Ⅲ-1-2. To help migrant children adapt to the new school where they have been
admitted or transferred, the criteria for assigning migrant students to
proper years should be set up in a way that maximizes what they
learned back in their home countries.
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