The benefits of the arts in an education system are incalculable with studies showing that, apart from teaching the young specific artistic techniques, the arts instil perseverance, accountability, creativity and collaboration in adolescents.
Education ministries in many developed countries devote large percentages of their annual budgets to arts education programmes, not only to enrich the lives of individuals but also to develop the collective artistic sensibility of an entire nation.
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