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What is the provision of the African charter?

      

Give the provision of the African charter.

  

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Maurice
(i) Extends participation rights to parents, relatives, communities and non-governmental organizations.

(ii) Recognizes that most children on the continent work in the informal sectors.

(iii) Addresses the unique position of the child and the peculiar problems faced by the African child.

(iv) Lays special emphasis on the family as a unit of protection and support from the state.

(v) Standardizes the age of the child to 18 years and also raises the age at which children may be recruited into the forces.

(vi) Identifies what education should seek to accomplish and introduce a provision urging states to ensure that children who become pregnant before completing their education shall be accorded an opportunity to continue with schooling on the basis of their individual ability.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 28, 2017 at 11:28


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