A/HRC/40/11 Malaysia had focused efforts on improving the well-being of rural women and increasing literacy levels in rural and remote areas. 149. Malaysia was revising the policy on compulsory education from 6 to 11 years of schooling to encourage more pupils to complete their schooling with secondary-level certification. It had embarked on a comprehensive transformation of education through the implementation of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013–2025, aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals and the eleventh Malaysia Plan. Malaysia had introduced measures to narrow the rural-urban gap and had provided school assistance, in particular to students from lower-income families and to those with special needs. A policy for alternative education had been established to enable non-citizen children without proper documentation to access education. Furthermore, Malaysia was reviewing corporal punishment under the Education Regulations (Pupil Discipline) 2018. 150. The head of delegation appreciated the opportunity to engage with the international community in a constructive manner within the universal periodic review. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 151. The following recommendations will be examined by Malaysia, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the fortieth session of the Human Rights Council: 151.1 Ratify the remaining core international human rights treaties and ensure their proper implementation (Republic of Moldova); Finalize the ratification of and accession to outstanding core human rights instruments (South Africa); Advance in the ratification, accession and adhesion to the basic, core human rights treaties, as mentioned by the delegation (Spain); Expedite the ratification and implementation of the remaining six international human rights instruments, thereby publicly indicating the Government’s commitment to human rights (Cyprus); Take steps to accede to the core international conventions on human rights and fundamental freedoms to which Malaysia is not yet a party (Italy); Ratify the remaining core international human rights treaties (Lithuania); Ratify and implement all remaining core human rights treaties (Norway); 151.2 Expedite the ratification of the main international legal instruments on human rights to ensure greater protection of the rights of the most vulnerable population (Angola); 151.3 Ratify key human rights treaties without reservations and take all the necessary actions to this end without delay (Finland); 151.4 Ratify without reservations the core international human rights instruments as well as the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (France); 151.5 Continue efforts to accede to international treaties related to civil, political and cultural rights (Iraq); 151.6 Accelerate the process of ratification of the key international human rights instruments (Kazakhstan); 151.7 Strengthen its human rights framework, in particular by fulfilling its pledge to ratify core United Nations human rights instruments, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Republic of Korea); 10