6 objectives and to that end individual States regard the following priorities and methods as guidelines; 1. 2. PRIORITIES (a) the transcription, teaching and development of national languages with a view to using them for the dissemination and the development of science and technology; (b) the recording, conservation, use and dissemination of information on oral tradition; (c) the adaptation of educational curricula to development needs and to the National and African Cultural and Social realities; (d) the promotion of cultural activities, encouragement to artists and assistance to creativity in the people; (e) the protection of creative artists and cultural assets; (f) the development of research and the establishment of permanent research centres in the field of culture; (g) research, on the basis of modern science, in the field of local African medicine and pharmacopeia. METHODS AND MEANS (a) the introduction of African Culture into all national educational systems; (b) the introduction and intensification of the teaching in national languages in order to accelerate the economic, social, political and cultural development in our States; (c) the establishment of appropriate institutions preservation and dissemination of culture; (d) the training of competent staff, at all levels; (e) the concrete and effective establishment of links between the school and the national realities as well as the life of the people, a link which should be apparent in the school curricula and structure; for the development,