with disabilities, in addition to facilitating access to buildings and services for persons with disabilities, while highlighting the role of media and public awareness in giving this group their entitled rights. 6.5 Recommendations: a. Continuous follow-up by the Ministry of Health of medical services and medications for children, and ensuring the availability of vaccinations as scheduled without any delay. b. Follow-up on the effective implementation and updating of the National Strategy for Persons with Disabilities by the competent bodies, in cooperation with the relevant national stakeholders. c. Make appropriate disability signs (deaf and speech impaired) in easy to read and understand formats on public buildings and other facilities to ensure that persons with disabilities, especially children, obtain and access the available services, as well as provide sign language interpreters in public welfare organizations that serve children. d. Provide specialized technical personnel to work in the field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, and introduce the subject of “care and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities” in the education curricula as a core subject. 7. Education and Recreational and Educational Activities: Articles 28, 29 and 31 of the Convention 7.1 7.2 23 The provisions of Law No. (27) of 2005 with respect to Education include the right of the child to enjoy the highest attainable standards of education from the earliest stages. Article (8) imposes penalties and fines on the father or the guardian of the child if he/she fails to enroll the child of compulsory school age in primary school. This Article states “the father of the child, or the guardian, shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding one hundred dinars, if the child who has reached the age of compulsory education fails to attend school or does not attend school for ten consecutive or separate days during the academic year without an acceptable excuse. In both cases, the criminal case would be initiated only upon the request of the Ministry and after notifying the violator by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt.” The Ministry of Education has observed cases of irregular school attendance by students of compulsory age, and has analyzed and followed-up such cases to find the underlying causes in an attempt to bring those students back to formal education. NIHR_Bahrain©CRC_parallel report 2018