During the 2022-2023 school year, the enrolment rate for refugees at primary level increased by 2 points compared to the previous year, while it remained stable at secondary level. At the tertiary level, the enrolment rate increased by 5 points, but this increase is mainly due to the decrease in the number of young refugees aged 18-24 registered following the verification exercise conducted by UNHCR in 2022.
In 2023, UNHCR was able to significantly increase the education assistance provided through cash transfers (16,294 children supported with cash-based interventions in 2023 compared with 2,992 in 2022), thanks in particular to the Educate a Child programme.
It is important to note that UNHCR and the Ministries of Education do not yet have comprehensive data on the enrolment of refugee children in Cameroon, as they are enrolled in hundreds of schools spread across the country and the education partner cannot cover all of these institutions. As for the Ministries of Education, due to a lack of knowledge of refugee documentation, a large number of children are registered as refugees without having refugee status. As part of Education Cannot Wait’s multi-year resilience programme, 477 head teachers have benefited from capacity building on refugee status documentation. This awareness-raising will continue to improve the quality of data on refugee education.
Source link : https://reliefweb.int/report/cameroon/regional-bureau-west-and-central-africa-cameroon-education-dashboard-2022-2023-school-year-september-2023
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Publish date : 2023-10-09 03:00:00
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