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Falkland Islands

(Population: 1850 (approx.); area:

12,173 sq. km. (approx.))

General

As in the United Kingdom, measures exist within the framework of the legal and administrative system to safeguard, in the Colony, the rights recognized in the Covenant.

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The right to education is well respected in the Colony, and a comprehensive system to provide education free of charge at both primary and secondary levels is well established. The difficulties posed by the remoteness of some parts of the Colony from Stanley, the one town, have been met in a number of ways and it is true to say that all children of school age in the Colony receive an education. There are about 350 children of school age in the Colony out of a total population of about 1,850, most of whom live in Stanley. Some children born in the Colony are being educated abroad. Those remaining in the Colony either attend the two schools in Stanley, or attend the schools at the ten settlements (farm stations) that have schools, or are visited by itinerant teachers.

Likewise, the right to take part in cultural life is recognized, although the community has fewer opportunities in this remote group of islands where the way of life is essentially rural than in more sophisticated and industrialized societies. However, various forms of creative activity are manifest in the islands and are encouraged by the administration in so far as its limited resources permit.

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4. The right to education is recognized by the administration of the Colony and the community at large, although not made part of any legislation or charter. discrimination is made against "non-nationals". All persons resident in the Colony enjoy the same right. In fact, the great majority is British and English-speaking.

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Males and females have the same right.

Education is directed along the same lines as in the United Kingdom, from where most of the teaching staff emanates. Children sit for examinations as part of their secondary education which, if they are successful, will give them qualifications recognized in the United Kingdom. Education is on general lines and the teaching staff is competent to teach a wide range of subjects.

6. The Junior School at Stanley offers primary education to all children of primary school age who are able to attend. There are now 117 pupils attending the school. Children outside Stanley either attend settlement schools, of which there are ten, or are visited by itinerant teachers. Some parents outside Stanley send their children to Government-run boarding hostels in Stanley so that they may attend the two schools, the Junior School and the Senior School, in Stanley. The hostels usually take elder children. A new hostel, with separate facilities for boys and girls, is reaching completion. No discrimination is made on ethnic or religious grounds.

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