37 guarantees to both child and adult access to education, to culture and professional training. Provision should be made for the education and instruction of the youth by the public or private institutions … . » Thus, education is free in the public institutions for the various levels of education. In short, the right to education and to culture is guaranteed by Constitution in force and by specific laws in this domain. Among these laws the following can be quoted: - - The Decree n°66.26 of the 31st March 1966 relative to the promotion of the girl child; The imperial Decree n°78.034 of the 19th May 1978 establishing physical and moral protection of the young people of the community in an educational institution or in a boarding school; The imperial Decree n°79.037 of the 2nd June 1979 establishing the protection of the Central African youth. The various crises, the persistent non-payment of salaries contributed to the degradation of the quality of education. ´ 4/ The right to protection of the Family: Article 18 of the Charter Article 18 of the Charter stipulates: « the Family is the natural unit and basis of society. It should be protected by the State which should take care of its physical and moral health. The State has the duty of assisting the Family and responsibility of guaranteeing the protection of the rights of the women and children ». This right is also mentioned in Article 10 of the International Convention on economic and socio-cultural rights under the terms of which the State Parties recognise that: - Protection and assistance on as broad a scale as possible should be given to the Family which is the natural and fundamental unit of society, particularly for its training and for as long as it has the responsibility of of taking care of and educating the children under its care; - Measures for protection and assistance should be taken for the benefit of all children and adolescents with no discrimination whatsoever for reasons of filiation or other. Children and adolescents should be protected against economic and social exploitation… » In the CAR, this right is implemented by the provisions of Article 6 of the Constitution of the 27th December 2004. In effect, this Article stipulates that: « Marriage and the Family constitute the natural and moral base of the human community. They are placed under the protection of the State ». The State and the other local authorities have the collective duty to watch over the physical and moral health of the Family and to urge this to be done socially by the appropriate institutions.