Plateaux
10,6%
11,4%
11,00%
1,1
Centrale
22,0%
24,5%
23,2%
1,1
Kara
20,0
21,6%
20,8%
1,1
Savanes
21,7%
23,8%
22,7
1,1
Total
16,1
17,0
16,5
1,1
Source: National School Statistics Directory of the Directorate of Preschool and
Primary Education (DEPP), June, 2015
260. At the preschool level, textbooks are inadequate. Generally, there are 2105
textbooks for pre-calculation, 14.504 textbooks for pre-mathematics and 527
textbooks for pre-reading for the 96.957 children enrolled, representing a ratio of 80
learners per textbook for pre-calculation, 7 learners per textbook for pre-mathematics
and 184 learners per pre-reading textbook.
261. By considering all levels of education, there are 3.231 teachers for 96,957
children enrolled, i.e. a ratio of 30 pupils per teacher.
The number of classrooms is 2.774, which provides a ratio of 34.9 pupils per
classroom.
2. PRIMARY EDUCATION
262. The abolition of school fees in public primary schools since 2008-2009
academic year has brought about growth in the number of pupils from 1,054,549 in
2007-2008 to 1.413.203 in 2013-2014, representing an annual average growth rate
(TAMA) of 2.4% over the period.
263. The lowest growth rate of pupils (3.9%) was seen in the educational region of
Kara. By contrast, the Savannah region recorded the highest growth rate of 10.4%
over the period.
264. The increase in the numbers is highly significant for girls in all the educational
regions. On the whole, there was an average increase of 2.9% for girls as against
1.9% for boys.
265. The table below presents the annual average growth rates per region and per
gender.
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