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Title: | Towards Better Management of Public Education in Cameroon: The Case for Decentralisation |
Author: | Tamukong, Joseph A. |
Year: | 2004 |
Periodical: | Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907) |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 134-157 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Cameroon West Africa |
Subjects: | decentralization educational policy education Education and Oral Traditions Instructional systems School management and organization Decentralization in management |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/24484532 |
Abstract: | The Cameroon public education system is facing imminent decentralization. Using available literature and the author's teaching experience, this study criticizes the centralized education system in Cameroon, especially with respect to resource allocation and management. The author argues that, in order to increase the quantity and quality of education in Cameroon, there is a need to decentralize responsibility for and control of education. While recognizing that caution must be exercised in decentralizing education, he presents the model proposed by the government for decentralization and recommends roles and functions for the various levels of authority in the model. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |