in 2012) and CEG (33.10 in 2003 13.22 in 2013). However, these figures can hide some
worrying disparities: to cite one example, the student / teacher ratio in primary education (the
national average of 44.44) is 61.29 in the public sector and 13.99 in the private sector in
Pointe Noire.
Overall, these changes are mainly due to the explosion of private education. It should be
noted that from 2003 to 2010, public education has benefited from the recruitment 5376 4
teachers4, 56.6% of all recruitments made by the State during this period. In 2011, according
to the Priority Actions Programme and framework of medium term expenditure 2012-2016,
the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education had recruited 1,000 teachers out of the
2,200 scheduled; recruitment forecasts for 2012 amounted to 8,000 agents.
The proportion of women among the teaching staff decreases as we progress into the school
curriculum. For the 2011-2012 school year, while they hold almost exclusively all the
positions at pre-school with 98.7%, their representation drops to 36.02% in the primary, to
4.34% in lower secondary and 8.19% in upper secondary level. For primary education, it
should be noted that female teachers are concentrated in urban zones: 69.52% of them work
in the two major cities, Brazzaville and Pointe Noire.
Increasing the number of women in the teaching staff is one of the areas of intervention of the
strategy that is being developed on the school enrolment of girls: it should be noted that the
proportion of women in primary and junior secondary level has declined from 2007-2008,
when they accounted for 46.50% at primary level and 9.20% at junior secondary level. This
anomaly should be analysed to identify the causes and take the necessary corrective
measures.
Material resources (infrastructure)
The same increasing trend is observed in relation to schools, as the number of schools was
multiplied by 1.8 between 2003 and 2013. Data for technical education are lacking.
Table 25: Trend of schools (2003-2012)
Level
Preschool
Primary
CEG (junior
secondary)
High school
ALL
4
Sectors
Total
Public
Private
Total
Public
Private
Total
Public
Private
Total
Public
Private
Total
Public
2003
257
82
175
2143
1542
601
698
262
346
41
33
8
3049
1919
2012
909
113
796
3423
1902
1521
1038
308
730
115
37
78
5485
2360
X Factor
3.54
1.38
4.55
1.60
1.23
2.53
1.71
1.18
2.11
2.80
1.12
9.75
1.80
1.23
Growth (%)
71.73
27.43
78.02
37.39
18.93
60.49
41.43
14.94
52.60
64.35
10.81
89.74
44.41
18.69
In Social Development assessment in Congo 2003-2008, December 2009 (Ministry of Economy, Planning, Spatial Planning
and Integration).
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