Tag Archives: Study in Cameroon

Independent since 1961, Cameroon is a multi-party republic with a presidential regime. Born with a federal regime that guaranteed the two former colonial territories broad political and administrative autonomy, their own assemblies and governments, with the referendum of 20 May 1972 it assumed a new unitary structure. The President of the Republic, head of state, armed forces and government, has broad executive powers and is elected by direct suffrage for a period of 7 years. The National Assembly is elected for a 5-year term and appoints the members of the Supreme Court and the High Court of Justice, both based in Yaoundé. Furthermore, courts of first instance are present in all provinces. The death penalty is in effect. The armed forces are divided into the three traditional weapons and alongside these there are many paramilitary organizations present in the country. In the field of education, the country has undergone European, English and especially French influences and, as we said, since independence an intense educational program has been implemented which has led to an increase in the level of literacy. In 2008, the illiteracy rate was estimated at 24.1%. L’ public education is free and there are private and missionary institutions in the country to which the government provides financial aid. Primary education begins at the age of 6 and lasts 6 years in Eastern Cameroon (where it is compulsory) and 7 years in Western Cameroon. Secondary education in Eastern Cameroon consists of two cycles of 4 and 3 years; in Western Cameroon always in two cycles but of 5 and 2 years. Higher education, which was non-existent at the time of the declaration of independence, began in 1962 with the founding of the State University of Yaoundé, which was decentralized and divided into five regional campuses, each with different fields of study. According to COUNTRYAAH, Cameroon is a nation in Central Africa, the capital city of which is Yaounde. The latest population of Cameroon is 26,545,874. REMZFAMILY: Lists and descriptions of main religions and beliefs in Cameroon, including religion demographics and statistics on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.
CLIMATE
From a climatic point of view, Cameroon’s exposure to the Gulf of Guinea and the presence of the reliefs have a significant impact. Precipitation, carried by the Atlantic air masses according to the monsoon-like mechanism that is established between continental surfaces and the ocean, progressively reduces towards the N (less than 500 mm per year), where continental influences predominate, responsible for the dry season, winter, more or less prolonged depending on the latitude. In the S, on the other hand, it almost does not exist and the humid contributions are continuous, determining on the coast, as in Douala, averages of 4000 mm per year and on the well exposed slopes of Mount Cameroon the African record of annual rainfall, with 8000-10.000 mm.