English-speaking schools packed out in Cameroon

Randy Joe Sa'ah

BBC Africa, Yaounde

Posted at 8:11

Schools in Cameroon were reminded a few weeks ago, at the start of the academic year, that there should be no more than 60 pupils in a class.

But this is proving difficult to adhere to as there are not enough schools or teachers to cope with the number of students.
A teacher at a primary school in the Etut-Ebge suburb of the capital, Yaounde, told me she had 85 children in her class this year:

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The problem has been exacerbated by the recent demand for places at English-speaking schools – even in Francophone parts of the country.
Eight out of Cameroon’s 10 provinces are French-speaking.