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External sources (not reviewed)

For example, if a toy is intended for children 12 to 24 months of age, CPSC staff subjects it to the most stringent use and abuse tests for the 0 through 18 month and 19 through 36 month age groups.

Children who have been sexually abused find it difficult to leave because of the shame of ‘being spoiled’ and when they do leave, are afraid to go back to their families and end up in the streets.

When poorly selective fishing occurs, it leads to the incidental catch of fish and invertebrates, part of which may consist of juveniles of ecologically important and/or economically valuable species.

Under-funded boarding schools that are not maintained and repaired can compromise health as children suffer from cold, dampness or coal smoke fumes; insufficient or inadequate food; poor attendance of teachers; and low quality teaching/a poor social environment that leads to a poor education.

While it may be relatively easy to identify and agree to eliminate the “worst formsof child labour”, the distinction between “acceptable work” and “harmful labour” is not always clear and assessments can be muddled by local and traditional practices and beliefs.

Despite gains in enrolment, the education system continues to face major challenges: support for those who are excluded from the system; poor internal efficiency, which leads to difficulty in keeping children in school; poor quality of instruction; unsatisfactory administrative and instructional management, resulting in an allocation of human, material and financial resources that is inconsistent with goals and relatively weak capacity to transform those inputs into results; inadequate oversight of schools, principals and teachers owing to a dramatic increase in the number of schools and teachers coupled with virtually no increase in the number of school inspectors; and ill-defined approaches to the provision of professional training and learning and literacy programmes.