A/HRC/44/40/Add.3 • Currently there are a non-formal education with 232 students in reader promotion program (3P), 140 children age of below 4 years at 11 childcare centres (TASKA), 4,931 children age of 4 to 6 years old at 279 early childhood education centres (TADIKA). • In 2018, 26,230 students of indigenous student in the primary school. Among those 15,652 students in the 94 special primary school dedicated to the indigenous and 4,875 students in the boarding primary school. • Total of 13,155 indigenous secondary student with 2,665 staying at the boarding school and Vocational college in 2018. Meanwhile there is 1,090 indigenous students received assistance for study at higher education centre locally and abroad. • This statement is very general without any facts and references for further investigation and action by either the Ministry of Health Malaysia or JAKOA. • JAKOA welcome the rapporteur to provide us with necessary information as our aim to enhance our services. • MOE does not discriminate any category of students in providing education. It also attempts to provide meaningful education including for the Orang Asli. Fun learning approach and 21st century learning is also introduced in Orang Asli schools. The Orang Asli's cultural background and environment are taken into consideration in the teaching and learning process. • MOE vehemently denying the allegation that education is being used as a platform for religious conversion. Paragraph 55 The government should follow through on its promises to indigenous peoples. It should evaluate existing law, practices, and institutions to ensure that policies are developed in line with the principles contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Given that many issues relating to land have been devolved to the state level, the federal government must find ways to work with state authorities to ensure the recognition of customary land rights of indigenous peoples—including through public and participatory mapping of indigenous land claims—and build on existing efforts to hold state officials to account when they have failed to protect those rights. It should ensure that laws and policies are consistent with UNDRIP, ratify the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), and incorporate and implement the principle of free, prior, and informed consent in matters concerning the lands and livelihoods of indigenous peoples. It should also confirm without delay a visit by the UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples. Finally, and critically, it should routinely publish disaggregated poverty and income data on indigenous peoples, so that their situation is not obscured, and so that policymakers can develop solutions responsive to their needs. Comments from the Government of Malaysia: • There was no customary land for Orang Asli in Kelantan and such a provision was not contained in the state land law. However, the authorities had gazetted under section 62 National Land Code 1965, several areas for the Orang Asli community, allowing them to carry out farming and agriculture besides the residential use. To date, the state government had gazetted 1,645 hectare area in nine villages for the Orang Asli in Gua Musang and Jeli. The state government would never allow companies to carry out logging in these areas, which have been classified as Orang Asli settlements. • Land-related issues are under the control of the state government and the federal government is always striving to comply with the law and assist the indigenous people in the matter. The Federal Government has cooperated with the state government through JAKOA by doing a perimeter survey of Orang Asli villages and filling to state government for gazetting and the work is still ongoing as of today. • While for other cases related to land, JAKOA continue to discuss and negotiated with State official in order to uphold Orang Asli rights while at the same time follows the land laws of Malaysia, State Land procedures, and laws related to forestry and wildlife. 30