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the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the NCHRF and Plan
Cameroon as part of the implementation of the WAROVAC Project, aimed at fighting
against violence on children.
VI. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (Art. 11, 12 and 14)
a) Education (Art.11)
This section analyzes, on the basis of recommendations made by the Committee of
Experts, the progress made between 2011 and 2014, in raising the level of children's
education, reducing disparities between sexes, rural and urban areas and between
regions, improving on access for disabled children to schools or vocational training
structures, reducing the dropout rate, the number of children per class, violence and
sexual abuse in school.
Information on the budgets allocated to MINEDUB and MINESEC are those contained in
the section of the report on general implementation measures, more specifically the point
relating to the allocation of resources.
In terms of raising both the level and quality of education, teaching methods and
assessment systems are constantly revised. Pedagogic seminars for teachers are held
quarterly in all educational areas.
Since the 2009-2010 school year, combined actions have led to a significant increase in
school enrolment indicators in the primary cycle. Thus, the overall enrolment rate
increased from 116%, during the 2011-2012 school year, to 118%, during the 2013-2014
school year. In figures, this means enrolment in the pre-nursery and nursery section
increased from 388 585 pupils in 2011-2012 to 467 237 pupils in 2013-2014, on the one
hand, and in the primary section, it increased from 3 848 611 pupils in 2011-2012 to
4 136 912 pupils in 2013-2014, on the other.
Concerning the teaching staff, the identified members helped to point out that there was
an increase, both in the pre-nursery and nursery as well as primary education. As such, it
may be noted that the primary cycle staff increased from 56 026 teachers during the year
2011-2012 to 60 357 teachers during the year 2013-2014.
With regard to the provision of education and training, Cameroon took the following
actions:
- creating a greater number of primary and secondary schools;
- training, recruiting and posting teachers even to the most remote areas of the country
through the special recruitment exercise of “25 000 Graduates” and the project of
putting on contracts 37 200 primary and nursery school teachers, thanks to the
national budget, funds from C2D/AFD (Debt Relief and Development Contract / French
Development Agency) and the catalytic funds of the World Bank;
- ongoing state recruitment of 9 000 PTA teachers;
- administering, since 2010, the first optional ICTs question papers in all primary school
official examinations, for both the French-speaking and English-speaking sections.
- increasing basic education funding through the systematic and annual provision of the
minimum package for the functioning of nursery and primary schools;
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