IBE/2006/EFA/GMR/CP/15
Original: French
Country profile prepared for the
Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2007
Strong Foundations: Early Childhood Care and Education
Cameroon
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)
programmes
Compiled by:
UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE)
Geneva, (Switzerland)
2006
This profile was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report as
background information to assist in drafting the 2007 Report. It has not been edited by the
team. Information included in the series of profiles has been compiled by the IBE. In several
cases data have been revised and/or expanded thanks to the helpful support of Ministries of
Education and UNICEF offices worldwide. The views and opinions expressed in the present
document are not necessarily those of the EFA Global Monitoring Report or UNESCO. The
profile can be cited as follows: “Country Profile commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring
Report 2007, Strong foundations: early childhood care and education”. For further
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CAMEROON
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programmes
A. GENERAL INFORMATION, STATISTICS AND INDICATORS
Starting age of compulsory education (if applicable):
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), the compulsory education age
range is 6 to 11 years.
1. ISCED 0 PROGRAMMES (USUALLY, PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION)
(ISCED = International Standard Classification of Education)
1.1. National definition of ISCED 0 programmes:
Nursery education
1.2. Normative age group(s) covered by ISCED 0 programmes:
4-5 years
1.3. ISCED 0 programmes: statistics and indicators (source: UIS)
1.3.1. Enrolment:
Percentage
19.6
Gross enrolment ratio
Net enrolment ratio
Year
2003/2004
Not available
Percentage of children entering
primary education with previous
preschool experience
Source: UIS
Not available
1.3.2. Enrolment ratio...