A/HRC/42/43/Add.1 the population aged above 65 is covered by the non-contributory system. 20 There is a gender gap in the social security system, as women receive smaller incomes when they work but, more importantly, they have very short histories of contribution reflecting the existing division of labour between men and women in Uruguay and the social organization of care. E. Education, training and lifelong learning 54. Six out of ten older persons have six or fewer years of education. This represents a challenge for the effective promotion of the inclusion of older persons and for their right to education, particularly given that the educational level correlates to access to minimum income.21 55. A national debate on education was launched in 2006. In order to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to participate, a draft of the general education law was made available. Officers from the Ministry of Education visited institutions and communities across the country to collect feedback. 56. In 2008, Uruguay issued the General Education Law (Act No. 18437) to ensure and promote lifelong quality education for all citizens by facilitating continuing education. The law emphasizes the right to lifelong learning, the four pillars of learning proposed in Learning: the treasure within. Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century (the Delors Report) and non-formal education for all ages. It also stresses the social, economic and cultural benefits of learning and contains a clear proposal on monitoring and evaluation. 57. Since the 1980s, there has been an increase in Uruguay in the number of Universities of the Third Age, which address the training needs of older persons in the middle socioeconomic strata. 58. In recent years, Uruguay has established around 150 grandparents’ clubs, which are State-sponsored recreational centres for older persons. Besides providing financial assistance to these clubs and subsidizing vacations at two government-owned resorts, the Government provides psychological therapy to help older persons adjust to retirement. Uruguay also launched an innovative programme of digital inclusion called “Plan Ibirapitá”, which provides older persons with a scholarship, a tablet with mobile Internet, and a course on using digital devices. F. Care 59. In 2011, the Ministry of Health rolled out its National Health Promotion Strategy, which contains a chapter devoted to older persons. In November 2015, it created the National Care System, which includes both existing policies on health, education and social security, and new policies for priority populations, in particular older persons with specific care needs, persons with disabilities and young children. The System claims to be human rights-based, to integrate solidarity in its financing, and to be universal both in coverage and in terms of its minimum quality standards. It is based on the principles of the autonomy of care recipients and the joint responsibility of the State, the community, the market and the family, as well as between women and men in the provision of care. Changing the division of labour between women and men within households and supporting unpaid caregivers and care workers is one of its stated objectives. The new system is still at an early stage of implementation, and its implementation remains a challenge in rural areas. 22 20 21 22 10 Ibid. Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, Instituto Nacional del Adulto Mayor and others, Las personas mayores en Uruguay: un desafío impostergable para la producción de conocimiento y las políticas públicas (Montevideo, 2015), pp. 35–36. United Nations country team submission for the third cycle of the universal periodic review of Uruguay, para. 13.