The situation is simply distressing and as the new school year comes closer, parents get more and more frightened. So the whole issue is not just about the availability of textbooks, but also about access to them. For example, textbooks for one Form One of the French Language sub-system cost about FCFA 82 000 and rise up to FCFA 112 000 for a Form Four student! When our reporters went out a few days ago, they found that most bookshops were unusually well-stocked. In one case it was reported that there were as many as five books for one subject!

Source: CameroonWeb August 11, 2016 11:42 UTC