E/C.12/PAK/CO/1 (e) Securing a sufficient number of qualified teachers and improve the quality and increase the quantity of learning materials; (f) Increase educational programmes appropriate for and adequate to the needs of illiterate adults, paying special attention to women; (g) Develop a legislative and policy framework on inclusive education for children with disabilities and provide such education; (h) Enhance security at schools, provide an alternative teaching space in case of an attack and immediately and completely ban the use of schools by military forces. The Committee invites the State party to endorse the safe schools declaration and commit to using the guidelines for protecting schools and universities from military use in armed conflict of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack; (i) Consider the Committee’s general comment No. 13 (1999) on the right to education (art. 13). Privatization of education 81. The Committee notes that the State party is implementing the Basic Education Community Schools programme and that, under this programme, the number of so-called “low-fee” private schools has increased drastically throughout the country through the establishment of public-private partnership initiatives. It also notes the information provided by the State party indicating that the cost-benefit ratio of projects implemented under the Basic Education Community Schools programme is higher than that of government primary schools. The Committee, however, is concerned at: (a) The absence of proper assessments of the impact of the Basic Education Community Schools programme and the public-private partnership initiatives on the right to education prior to their adoption, as well as of their effectiveness in realizing the right to education since their adoption; (b) The lack of effective regulation by the State party, at the federal and provincial levels, of these low-fee private schools; (c) The reportedly poor quality of education and teachers of these schools; (d) The very high non-fee-related expenses of these schools, amounting to about a quarter of the household income per student, which disproportionately impedes girls’ access to education; (e) The reinforcement of social segregation in education caused by the privatization of education, as high-income families send their children to high-quality private schools while low-income families have to send their children to underfunded public primary schools or to schools operating in the framework of the Basic Education Community Schools programme and not properly monitored by the State party (arts. 13-14). 82. The Committee reminds the State party that, before starting a privatization process, it must carry out a thorough human rights impact assessment if it is to live up to its legal obligation to progressively realize the right to education. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Carry out an assessment of the impact of public-private partnership initiatives based on a human rights perspective and the effectiveness of low-fee private schools in meeting the State party’s obligations under the Covenant; (b) Strengthen the regulations on these schools and ensure their strict enforcement; (c) Improve the quality of education provided by these schools; (d) Ensure that no child drops out of school for not being able to pay nonfee-related expenses; 13