Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that Mayotte, a French island territory in the Indian Ocean and former French colony, is failing to provide education to all children.

The 73-page report, titled “ Exceptional Failure: France’s Persistent Education Shortcomings in Mayotte ,” found that Mayotte’s municipalities not only impose significant barriers to school enrollment, but those who are enrolled attend overcrowded schools with ill-equipped to “meet their basic needs, such as access to drinking water, sanitation, nutritious food, and a safe learning environment.” HRW interviewed more than 40 children, parents, government officials, teachers, and others in its research.

HRW claimed that the French government has neglected Mayotte, and Mayotte’s education system has faced a shor

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