Education is the right of every child in Cameroon. There are schools run by state or subsidized by government to provide free education to children. The education system in Cameroon is much a mix of French and British education. Cameroon has one of the highest school attendance rates in Africa; however, girls are less regular in attending school than boys. The education in Southern Cameroon is better than northern part.

The following figures show the level of education in Cameroon.

• Pre-primary enrolment
• Primary enrolment
• Secondary enrolment
• Tertiary enrolment
• Progression and completion in education
• Resources for education
• Literacy rates

Pre-primary enrolment

Pre-primary		1991		1999		2002		2004		2004 Regional average
GER(%)	MF		13		12		15		20	(3)	12
	M		12		12		15		20	(3)	13
	F		13		12		15		20	(3)	12

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Primary enrolment

Primary		1991		1999		2002		2004		2004 Regional average
GER (%)	MF		99		89	(4)	109		117		91
	M		107		98	(4)	118		126		96
	F		92		80	(4)	101		107		85
NER(%)	MF	(3)	74		...		...		...	(3)	65
	M	(3)	79		...		...		...	(3)	67
	F	(3)	69		...		...		...	(3)	63

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Secondary enrolment

Secondary		1991		1999		2002		2004		2004 Regional average
GER  (%)	MF		27	(3)	27	(3)	37		44	(3)	30
	M		32	(3)	29	(3)	42	(4)	51	(3)	33
	F		23	(3)	24	(3)	31	(4)	36	(3)	26
NER  (%)	MF		...		...		...		...	(3)	24
	M		...		...		...		...	(3)	26
	F		...		...		...		...	(3)	21

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Tertiary enrolment

Tertiary		1991		1999		2002		2004		2004 Regional average
GER  (%)	MF		3		5		5	(4)	5	(3)	5
	M		...		...	(3)	6	(3)	6	(3)	6
	F		...		...	(3)	4	(3)	4	(3)	4

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Progression and completion in education

Schoollife expectancy ISCED 1-6 (years)	(3)	11
Percentageof repeaters, primary (%)		25
Survivalrate to grade 5 (%)	(3)(5)	64
Grossintake ratio to last grade of primary (%)		63
Primaryto secondary transition rate (%)	(1)	48

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Resources for education

Pupil /teacher ratio (primary)		54
Publicexpenditure on education :
as % of GDP		3.8
as % of total government expenditure		17.2
Distributionof public expenditure per level (%) :
pre-primary		...
primary		...
secondary		...
tertiary		...
unknown		...

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Literacy rates

Literacyrates		1990		2000-2004;		2000-2004 Regional average
Adult(15+)%	MF		57.9	(2)	67.9		62.5
	M		68.7	(2)	77.0		70.9
	F		47.5	(2)	59.8		54.8
Youth(15-24)%	MF		81.1		...		70.5
	M		86.4		...		75.7
	F		75.9		...		65.7