Page 53 However, funds made available to this administration have increased greatly, coming fourth place in budget allocations. Pre-school and primary enrolments have also risen significantly, mainly because education at that level is free. Moreover, 5,525 new teachers have been recruited, bringing to almost 25,000 the number employed. 1,458 new classrooms were built in 2008. The quality of teaching has also improved through the introduction of information technology and communication programmes. These efforts have led to a steady rise in success rates at final examinations, which stands at about 80per cent at the moment, whilst repeater rates have significantly reduced. Private education reforms are now completed, thus opening up greater opportunities for advocates of this type of education. Concerning secondary education, the tough measures already in place are being continued. This sector has the largest budgetary allocation of 204 billion. One priority was to extend the school map by creating 155 new institutions in all the regions, building several classrooms and transforming 46 institutions into technical and bilingual schools to increase the numbers. To improve the quality of education, 2,000 new teachers from teacher training colleges were recruited. Ten thousand more underwent further training, and 4,000 were inspected. Six new institutions were given multimedia resource centres whilst five others experimented with teaching local languages and cultures. Alongside these, initiatives were taken to develop partnerships with the private sector. Over 500 teachers did practical training with companies and 500 private institutions received subsidies amounting to one billion CFAF. It must be noted that results of official examinations are improving. For the 2009-2010 Academic Year, an important building and rehabilitation programme is planned for the Bakassi area. Several thousands of teachers and office workers will be employed. At the academic level, classes started as envisaged at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (teacher training institute) of the University of Maroua and at the faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences of the Universities of Dschang and Ngaoundéré. Surveys on the opening of the Institut Supérieur du Sahel in the Far North province are being conducted.