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It seems likely that the relatively considerable number of nonspecified
expatriate teachers in Nimba County and in Bong County
(see Annex 33) is related to the presence in these two counties
of the country's two most important foreign investors, the
LAMCO J.V. and the Bong Mining Company. However, exact figures
are not available in this respect.
The performance of foreign investors with respect to education
can be illustrated with the aid of Annex 34. This Annex shows
the number of trained and untrained teachers in other than
government and mission schools, and by county. Unfortunately, the
1978 Survey has not provided us with a specification of the
category "Other Private Schools". The exact number of concession
schools, their enrolment and their teaching staff are therefore
not known. It may be assumed that all of these "Other Private
Schools" are schools financed and run by foreign concessionaires.
The total number of students in these schools is less than
40,000 (see Table 60-A) rhereas a little over 200 schools are
included in this category (see Annex 35). More than 45$ of the
teachers in these schools did not have any education beyond
senior high school level, most of them even less, and- only 25.9$
could qualify as trained (Annex 34). This was (even) worse than
the national average (see Table 61). It should, however,.be
repeated here that not all of these foreign investors had
contractual obligations in this respect.
Physical Facilities and Equipment
The Survey showed that of the 941 public schools there were:
32 Kindergarten
12 Pre-Grade schools
748 Elemementary schools
108 Junior High Schools, and
41 Senior High Schools
Further, of the 293 mission schools there were:
28 Kindergarten
220 Pre-Grade schools
189 Elementary schools
62 Junior High Schools, and
41 Senior High Schools
Finally, of the 207 Other Private Schools there were:
9 Kindergarten
91 Pre-Grade schools
151 Elementary schools
34 Junior High Schools
13 Senior High Schools
All but one (Kindergarten) of the 48 Kindergarten and Pre-Grade
schools operated by missions were in the same elementary school
buildings. All Pre-Grade schools in the category "Other Private
Schools" were likewise housed in the same elementary school
buildings.