The Centre at Ife is an example of a training institution in 
Africa to meet the needs of a group of African countries. 
Apart from the contribution of the host country, Nigeria, 
substantial assistance in establishing the Centre has been 
given by the Governments of Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland 
and the United Kingdom. The Government of Finland has also 
peovided an instructor. Plans are now afoot to expand this 
Centre. 
Fewer professionals than technicians are required and they 
will normally be trained in universities. - But university 
training in photogrammetry at present exists only in a 
few of the developing countries as part of the discipline 
of surveying or geodetic science. The great expense of 
equipping photogrammetric departments with highly sophisticated 
instruments and the poor response of students from the develop- 
ing countries to surveying may not make it possible for each 
country to establish its own university with the discipline 
of photogrammetry. But the existing institutions may expand 
their facilities to serve the other developing countries. 
In Africa the institutions offering degree courses in surveying 
are situated in the Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern parts 
of the continent and are within easy reach of African countries 
in each subregion. Egypt serves the Arab speaking part of North 
Africa whilst Kenya serves East Africa which is all English 
speaking. But for West Africa, the universities with courses 
in surveying are in the English speaking parts, In Nigeria 
alone, facilities for training in photogrammetry exist in 
three of the universities - the University of Lagos, the Ahmadu 
Bello University, Zaria and the Enugu Campus of the University 
of Nigeria, Nsukka. Another university, the University of Ife, 
Ile-Ife is also planning to introduce a degree course in 
photogrammetric science in collaboration with the Regional 
Centre for Training in Aerial Surveys. The university in Kumasi, 
Ghana also offers courses in surveying. Western and Central 
Africa are, however, both English and French speaking. If the 
institutions in Nigeria and Ghana are to serve Western and 
Central Africa effectively it should be possible for students 
from the French speaking parts of Africa to be admitted to their 
courses. This can be achieved in two ways; either parallel 
courses are run in both English and French or the courses are 
bilingual in English and French. Language laboratories may 
also be set up in the universities for the students to study 
either English or French as in the case of the Regional Centre 
for Training in Aerial Surveys at Ife, Nigeria. These may