The Department of Probation and Child Care Services has introduced a programme to provide birth certificates for children whose births have not been registered.
Accordingly, officers of the Department have been assisting district child protection officers to identify such children and help with their school admissions.
Despite these efforts, a number of children still do not have birth certificates, and continue to face various difficulties, it has been reported.
Therefore, parents or guardians of children without birth certificates have been advised to obtain the assistance of the child protection officers of their respective district secretariat.
The services can be obtained free of charge, the Department of Government Information said.
The programme has been launched in collaboration with the Registrar General’s Department and the Department Probation and Child Care Services. (Newswire)