To undertake to address factors which continue to prevent girls from
attending school and staying in school;
To revitalise the free bus ride for school children and ensure children in
underserved communities have access to the service; and
To ensure the completion and implementation of the manual on positive
forms of discipline for teachers with a view to eventually enacting a
legislation prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in school.
Leisure, Recreation and Culture
27. The Committee notes the efforts of the State Party to ensure that children have
recreational and leisure spaces with the creation of an amusement park and the
designation of places in the community for children along with scheduled breaks
in the school timetable. However the Committee is concerned that the efforts
made are not sufficient for children to enjoy the right. The Committee is further
concerned over the minimum regulation of media houses with regards to the
contents it airs at certain times. The Committee is also concerned that the only
television channel dedicated to children has been scrapped.
28. The Committee therefore recommends that the State Party create more
recreational spaces for children throughout its regions and make them accessible
to children with disabilities also ensure the maintenance of these spaces. The
Committee also recommends that regulations should be developed for media
houses with regards to the content it airs at particular times of the day.
H.
Special Protection Measures
Children with disabilities
29. The Committee notes with satisfaction that the laws of the State Party provides
for the welfare of persons with disabilities. The Committee however notes that
despite the Persons with Disability Act 2006, many children with disabilities
continue to not enjoy the right to education and efforts to promote inclusive
education have not yielded the expected outcome. The Committee is concerned
that facilities have not been adapted to the needs of children with disabilities and
specialized healthcare services are not widely available and affordable with many
children with disabilities left in adult psychiatric hospitals and prayer camps
where they face further violation. It is also brought to the Committee’s attention
that children with disabilities continue to be used by their parents as objects of
begging. The Committee notes especially that despite the requirement in the
1992 Constitution and the Children’s Act, funding for the promotion of persons
with disabilities continue to be inadequate and the 2% allocated by the District
Assembly Common Fund is not readily accessible. The National Council on
Persons with Disability is also inadequately funded.
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