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. 77