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urban market, originate from there. This is particularly the case in smaller urban
markets.
8.5.3.4 Educational background
As would be expected from a semi-skilled manual labour force such as rattan artisans,
the educational level of the majority of the artisans in Cameroon is relatively poor.
However, there are exceptions to this and some artisans are educated to secondary or
even to first-degree level. Interestingly, artisans who state they have originated from a
“technical” background often includes those who have undertaken rattan artisan
training in the context of rehabilitation, such as that provided by the prison service.
Rattan artisan training is one of the major rehabilitation programmes of the Cameroon
prison service as it is both cost-effective 8 and enables the prisoner to enter gainful
employment upon release. The fact that many of the artisans in Cameroon are exprisoners
is testament to the success of this rehabilitation. For obvious reasons, many
artisans would not admit having undertaken such a training programme, however, and
it is not possible to ascertain the proportions of those having gone through the
rehabilitation process.
Figure 108. Educational level of rattan artisans
technical (incomplete)
1%
secondary (complete)
6%
secondary
(incomplete)
27%
technical (complete)
6%
university
3%
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no formal education
2%
primary (incomplete)
8%
primary (complete)
47%
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The prisoners harvest, transport and transform the rattan themselves (under close supervision, of
course).