CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/4-5 that they can freely enjoy all human rights. It also recommends compulsory birth registration of those born in camps for internally displaced persons in order to protect them from being rendered stateless. Education 34. The Committee commends the State party on its efforts to ensure equal access for women and girls to all levels of education and the increase in the rate of girls ’ participation in primary and secondary education. The Committee is concerned, however, about: (a) Discriminatory admission criteria that require women, but not men, to attain specific grades in order to enrol in certain traditionally male -dominated courses, such as engineering, at the tertiary level; (b) The lack of an adequate budget for the education sector, which, coupled with discriminatory stereotypes regarding the education of women and girls, limits their access to education, in particular in rural areas; (c) Low literacy levels among women throughout the State party, in particular in rural areas, and the fact that women are concentrated in traditionally female-dominated fields of vocational training; (d) The lack of disaggregated data on the educational status of ethnic minority women and girls; (e) The lack of information on the impact of age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights. 35. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Remove all discriminatory admission criteria regarding women’s enrolment in certain traditionally male-dominated courses such as engineering, intensify career guidance activities to encourage girls to pursue studies in non-traditional fields and raise awareness among teaching personnel of the importance of girls completing tertiary education; (b) Increase the budget allocation for the education sector in order to improve girls’ access to education; (c) Ensure that the national education strategic plan for the period 2016-2021, which is currently being finalized, provides for programmes aimed at improving literacy among women throughout the State party, including through the provision of adult education; (d) Provide data in the next periodic report on the educational status of ethnic minority women and girls and review vocational training curricula in order to remove gender stereotypes and ensure the diversification of fields of studies for women and girls; (e) Intensify the provision of age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights and ensure that it is systematically integrated into school curricula. 16-12871 11/17

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