Table: Number of university students enjoying financial support from the State per cycle and
depending on the type and status of the establishment
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
SCHOLARSHIPS
Male
Female
3,046
1,369
TOTAL
4,415
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Male
Female TOTAL
2,164
1,270
3,434
TOTAL
Male
5,210
Female
2,639
TOTAL
7,849
1,876
755
2,631
499
283
782
2,375
1,038
3,413
3RD
CYCLE
1,456
532
1,988
227
70
297
1,683
602
2,285
TOTAL
6,378
2,656
9,034
2,890
1,623
4,513
9,268
4,279
13,547
CYCLES
1ST
CYCLE
2ND
CYCLE
Source: 2012-2013 Cote d’Ivoire Statistical Yearbook of the Ministry of Higher Education
4- Right to Take Part in Cultural Life (Article 17 Paragraph 2 of the Charter)
This right is established by Article 7 of the constitution which stipulates that: ‘’Any human being shall be
entitled to the development and full material, intellectual and spiritual enhancement of his personality…’’
Similarly, the Ministry responsible for Culture has the following terms of
reference, among others:
promoting living arts through a national drama and physical expression policy;
promoting and popularizing all genres of works of art and particularly plastic works and urbane
graphological art;
conceiving and coordinating the organization of carnivals, festivals and fairs, and
implementing the policy for the promotion of the cinema and cultural industries.
Thus, as part of its terms of reference, the ministry carried out activities relating to the promotion of the
right to culture.
In this regard, several activities have been carried out, as is illustrated by the numerous enactments
formulated in that area:
- Development plan: 1975-1980;
- Grand-Bassam seminar on the role and place of culture in the Ivorian nation: 1978;
- Cultural policy (consultancy report) by Gabriel Faivre d’Arcier: 1978;
- Report on cultural development in Cote d’Ivoire: 1980;
- Seminar on the cultural dimension of development in Africa, organized in Abidjan: 1992;
- Introduction to the cultural policy of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire by Bernard Zadi Zaourou: 1998, and
- Symposium on the financing of culture organized by the OAU: 2000.
In addition to these enactments, some festivals and fairs are meant to showcase the Ivorian cultural
heritage. Among others, mention can be made of the following:
- Daoukro International Festival of Arts and Culture (FICAD);
-African Performing Arts Market (MASA);
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