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1,383,000 INHABITANTS
PER CAPITA GDP OF: 2,503,400 CFAFr (3,816 €)
STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURES
HEALTH, A NATIONAL PRIORITY
83% OF CHILDREN IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION
85% FOREST COVERAGE
AN IDEAL BREEDING GROUND FOR BUSINESS
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Education: regional centre of excellence
- Literacy rate: 86%
- Percentage of children in full-time education: 90%
A voluntarist policy: education for all
- All children are awarded a grant by the state from primary school until the end of higher education;
- One book per pupil;
- Mixed schools;
- Secular, compulsory schooling;
- Development plan for schools in rural areas;
- Implementation of a school assessment system for orienting education according to requirements.
Teaching: high quality and outward-looking
- Enhanced status for teachers;
- Qualifications recognised abroad;
- Exchanges and educational agreements with France, Canada and the European Union;
- Opening up of the educational system to encompass approved "private schools";
- 80,000 students in state-approved schools and colleges.
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