Determinants of Access to Education in Cameroon
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Date
2014-01
Authors
Ndeffo, Luc Nembot
Réné, Tagne Kuelah Jean
Marienne, Makoudem Téné
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AERC
Abstract
regions of Cameroon. The target is to demonstrate, from the ECAM III Census data of
2007, the influence of monetary and non-monetary variables on access to primary and
secondary education according to the sex of children, on the one hand, and the sociodemographic characteristics of the households, on the other.
The main results show that the influence of monetary and non-monetary variables on
access to education varies with region; sex of children; and the residence of households.
Thus, the northern regions are less schooled than the southern ones. Marginalization of
girls, to the benefit of boys, is very pronounced in the northern regions. Children from
female-headed families have more chances of schooling than those from male-headed
households.
From the results, we get policy recommendations, especially public awareness
campaigns in favour of the schooling of girls, in particular in the northern regions; more
training, especially in rural areas; and the construction of boarding schools in regions
with low population densities.
Description
LA 1851 . N34 2014
Keywords
Education- Cameroon , Poverty - Cameroon , Cameroon