The determinants of the quality of primary education in Cameroon

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Romuald NGUEMKAP KOUAMO
Abou DIENG

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This paper investigates the determinants of school acquisition at the end of primary school in Cameroon. To do so, we use a two-level hierarchical linear modeling on data from the 2014 survey of the “Programme d'Analyse des Systèmes Éducatifs” of CONFEMEN (PASEC). We found that the socio-economic level of the student's families, the language spoken at home, the size of the school, the gender of the teachers, and the legal nature of the school explain significantly and positively the level of students' academic achievements. Recommendations for households and education stakeholders to improve the quality of primary education are discussed.

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NGUEMKAP KOUAMO, R. ., & DIENG , A. . (2022). The determinants of the quality of primary education in Cameroon. The Journal of Quality in Education, 12(20), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.37870/joqie.v12i20.324
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