LAPORAN STATUS HAK PENDIDIKAN KANAK-KANAK ORANG ASLI 2.7 ILO Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries. Konvensyen ini merupakan satu lagi dokumen hak asasi di peringkat antarabangsa yang mengiktiraf hak Orang Asal. Berikut adalah beberapa peruntukan yang menyatakan mengenai pendidikan masyarakat ini: Part VI. Education and Means of Communication Article 26 “Measures shall be taken to ensure that members of the peoples concerned have the opportunity to acquire education at all levels on at least an equal footing with the rest of the national community.” Article 27 1. Education programmes and services for the peoples concerned shall be developed and implemented in co-operation with them to address their special needs, and shall incorporate their histories, their knowledge and technologies, their value systems and their further social, economic and cultural aspirations. They shall participate in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of plans and programmes for national and regional development which may affect them directly. 2. The competent authority shall ensure the training of members of these peoples and their involvement in the formulation and implementation of education programmes, with a view to the progressive transfer of responsibility for the conduct of these programmes to these peoples as appropriate. 3. In addition, governments shall recognise the right of these peoples to establish their own educational institutions and facilities, provided that such institutions meet minimum standards established by the competent authority in consultation with these peoples. Appropriate resources shall be provided for this purpose.” Article 28 1. Children belonging to the peoples concerned shall, wherever practicable, be taught to read and write in their own indigenous language or in the language most commonly used by the group to which they belong. When this is not practicable, the competent authorities shall undertake consultations with these peoples with a view to the adoption of measures to achieve this objective. 16