The country is shaped like an elongated triangle, and forms a bridge between western Africa and central Africa. Yaound is the capital, and Douala is the largest city. Articles Other Links Cameroon has achieved one of the highest rates of school attendance in Africa, although the literacy rate is still just 54 percent.
Mission schools play an important role in education and are partly subsidized by the government.
In the early 1990s total annual enrollment in primary and preprimary schools was about 2.1 million, and in secondary schools, about 410,000. The University of Yaound , which was established in 1962, has faculties of law, arts, and science. A total of more than 64,500 students are enrolled in institutions of higher education. History and Government Government Cameroon is governed under a constitution promulgated in 1972 and subsequently revised. The president of the republic is chief of state and commander of the armed forces and is elected to a five-year term by universal suffrage.