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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Street Children--Long-time NEF Concern - Major New
Arab Initiative The Near East Foundation, November 23, 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 10 June 2011] Street children need prompt,
effective interventions, if not to bring them back to their homes, then at
least to lessen their suffering from street life. In ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/syria.html [accessed 27 July 2011] Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61699.htm [accessed 28 December 2010] CHILDREN - The government provided free, public
education to citizen children from primary school through university.
Education is compulsory for all children, male and female, between the ages
of 6 and 12. Palestinians and other
non-citizens can send their children to school. Stateless Kurds can also send
their children to school but because they do not have any identification,
their children cannot attend state universities. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 June 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/syrianarabrepublic2003.html [accessed 9 March 2011] [50] The Committee welcomes the
ratification of ILO Convention No. 138.
It further welcomes the amendments to the 1959 Labour Code to increase
the minimum age of admission to employment to 15 years. However, it remains concerned that
approximately 7 per cent of children under 14 are employed as workers and that
labour law provisions do not extend protection, including effective
inspections, for children engaged in work in the informal sector. Information about Street Children - This report is taken from “A Civil Society Forum for North
Africa and the Middle East on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street
Children”, 3-6 March 2004, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 July 2011] From data collected on children in
conflict with the law, beggars and child laborers, it appears that there were
just over 480 homeless children (233 male, 248 female) arrested in Education Reform Urged To Support Development UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=25288 [accessed 27 July 2011] The report noted a number of
disturbing trends in Syrian education.
The rate of illiteracy rose from 17% in 2003 to 19% in 2005, with
literacy rates showing an increased bias towards urban and suburban areas,
and male students, according to the report.
Also, an estimated 25% of students leave school before finishing their
primary level education, while 67% of students do not finish secondary
education. Street Children--Long-time NEF Concern - Major New
Arab Initiative The Near East Foundation, November 23, 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 10 June 2011] Street children need prompt,
effective interventions, if not to bring them back to their homes, then at
least to lessen their suffering from street life. In All material used herein
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