Education
Have you ever been to school?
If yes, mark in column 17 the abbreviation corresponding to the type of education based on the instructions on the bottom of the page. In column 18, mark the last grade they attended in this type of education.
18) Grade
Column 17: Education (type)
Mark one of the following abbreviations, corresponding to the last type of education received:
MAT: for a person who when to kindergarten or nursery school
COR: for a person who only when to a Muslim religious school
PF: for a person who went to elementary school (Francophone system)
PF: for a person who when to elementary school (Anglophone system)
POST: Fro a person who when to middle school (SAR, SM, etc)
EPS: For a person who went to a higher elementary school (slightly more education than regular elementary school, for people not going to a University)
GEF: for a person who went to high school (Francophone system)
GEE: for a person who went to high school (Anglophone system)
TEF: for a person who went to a technical high school (Francophone system)
TEE: for a person who went to a technical high school (Anglophone system)
EN: for a person who went to a teacher training college
ESS: for a person who took specialized university classes (elite university, specialized higher learning institution connected or not to a university)
UNIV: for a person who went to the University
For all education systems other than Francophone and Anglophone, mark PR for elementary school education, GE for high school education, and TF for technical high school education.
Column 18: Education (class)
N.B. Only worry about the individuals who went to school; for the others (NO in column 17) mark a line. Mark the last grade level in the type of institution indicated in column 17 according to the following instructions:
Simple cases:
Mark the number of the last year spent in the institution. [Example omitted]
N.B. This applies to nursery school (MAT), to Anglophone elementary school (PE), to a private elementary school (EPS) and to a teacher training college (EN) and to systems other than Francophone or Anglophone.
Special cases:
Example: 3 for three books studied.
Elementary school: mark the response given by the person:
[Levels omitted]
Technical high school Francophone system (TEF):
Mark the response given by the person: 1st for first year, 2nd for second year, etc?
All the while, in the case of the technical high schools (2nd cycle of high school), mark:
5th for the third to last year (it's the 5th year of high school);
6th for the penultimate year (it's the 6th year of high school)
7th for final year (it's the 7th year of high school)
High school, Anglophone system (GEE and TEE): mark the last year spent in high school as it is provided by the person you are interviewing.
1st for class one, that's the first year spent in high school or at the "Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology":
7th for class seven, that's the 7th year spend at the same schools.
Higher education (ESS and UNIV): mark the number of years of study spent after high school graduation or the general certificate of education, advanced level:
1 for one year of study after high school graduation
4 for four years of study after high school graduation (don't count years taken twice)