CHAPTER 1 - REPORT OF THE EDUCATION AND PROMOTION WORKING GROUP Based on its observations, the Commission felt the schools should: • Improve documentation of the activities under the programme for evaluation and reference purposes; • Involve more teachers and the rest of school community in the programme, as instilling a human rights culture requires wide participation; and • Enhance integration especially among students at lower secondary level to reduce bullying, fights between students of different races, and diciplinary problems that affect human rights. To evaluate the effectiveness of the programme, the Commission is collaborating with the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) to conduct a formative study. This will help the Commission to finetune the details, before expanding the programme to other schools. (b) Right to Education for the Orang Asli Children Laws at the domestic and international level guarantee the indigenous peoples the right to education. Most Government agencies are of the opinion that indigenous peoples and their children should receive mainstream education under the principle of equality. The report of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples1 supports the delivery of a system of learning that covers indigenous culture, history, customs and beliefs. Malaysia has adhered to the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) which raises similar issues: • Article 14(1): Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning. • 1 Article 14(3): States shall, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, take effective measures, in order for indigenous individuals particularly children, including those living outside their communities, to have access, when possible, to an education in their own culture and provided in their own language. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/QualityEducationForIndigenousPeoples.aspx 23