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sources of African art. Hence, specialist training should be provided in national, regional
and sub-regional training centres.
Chapter V – Life-long Education
Article 15
African governments will have to pay special attention to the growing importance of
life-long education in modern societies.
Article 16
African governments should take steps to organize continuous training in a rational
way and to establish an appropriate system of education which satisfied the specific needs
of their people.
PART V
THE USE OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES
Article 17
The African States recognize the imperative need to develop African languages
which will ensure their cultural advancement and accelerate their economic and social
development and to this end will endeavour to formulate a national policy in regard to
languages.
Article 18
The African States should prepare and implement the reforms necessary for the
introduction of African languages into education. To this end each state may choose one
or more languages.
Article 19
The introduction of African languages at all levels of education should have to go
hand-in-hand with literacy work among the people at large.