Impact and Challenges of Centres for Education and Community Action in Cameroon’s North West Region

F. A. Amungwa
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This paper examines the impact of community education and challenges facing Centres for Education and Community Action as a rural development strategy in Cameroon. The study was conducted in the North-West Region of Cameroon, employing field observations, semi-structured interviews with key informants using a convenient sampling technique and through elaborate review of documents. These research instruments were blended into what is termed triangulation and the data collected was analysed descriptively. The main focus of qualitative analysis is to understand the ways in which people act and the accounts that people give for their actions. This paper posits that extreme dependence on the provision of Western formal education cannot solve the problems of a rapidly changing society like Cameroon, which is facing a long-term economic crisis and persistent unemployment issues of graduates. Consequently, education should be redefined in the context of the prevailing economic crisis to make it responsive to the aspirations of rural communities. Findings showed that community education had contributed towards rural development immensely but has suffered many challenges due to neglect of the field in the policy agenda. This paper recommends the integration of community education with formal education to facilitate group and community betterment in particular and rural transformation in general.
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本文考察了社区教育的影响以及作为喀麦隆农村发展战略的教育和社区行动中心所面临的挑战。这项研究是在喀麦隆西北地区进行的,采用了实地观察、使用方便的抽样技术和通过详细审查文件与关键线人进行的半结构化访谈。这些研究工具被混合到所谓的三角测量中,收集的数据被描述性地分析。定性分析的主要重点是了解人们的行为方式以及人们对其行为的解释。这篇论文认为,对西方正规教育的极度依赖并不能解决喀麦隆这样一个快速变化的社会的问题,喀麦隆正面临着长期的经济危机和持续的毕业生失业问题。因此,应在当前经济危机的背景下重新定义教育,使其符合农村社区的愿望。调查结果表明,社区教育对农村发展作出了巨大贡献,但由于在政策议程中忽视了这一领域,因此面临许多挑战。本文建议将社区教育与正规教育相结合,以促进群体和社区的改善,以及总体上的农村转型。
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