Suzan El Tahhan Bidoons: A Statelessness Plight in Kuwait ‫مجلة الدراسات القانونية واالقتصادية‬ Technical and professional education shall be made generally available, and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit." In addition, Kuwait has signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which requires governments to provide free education. According to article 28: "1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to education, and with a view to achieving this right progressively while on the basis of equal opportunity, they shall, in particular: (a) Make primary education compulsory and available free to all; (b) Encourage the development of different forms of secondary education, including general plus vocational education, make them available and accessible to every child, while taking appropriate measures such as the introduction of free education and offering financial assistance in case of need; (c) Make higher education accessible to all on the basis of capacity by every appropriate means; (d) Make educational as well as vocational information and Guidance available plus accessible to all children; (e) Take measures to encourage regular attendance at schools and the reduction of drop-out rates. 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that school discipline is administered in a manner consistent with the child's human dignity and in conformity with the present Convention. 3. States Parties shall promote and encourage international cooperation in matters relating to education, in particular with a view to contributing to the elimination of ignorance and illiteracy."77 Kuwait has also signed the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination in Education, which includes the obligation for state parties to "ensure that the standards of education are equivalent in all public educational institutions of the 77 Convention on the Rights of the Child Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49. 32