BROGUHE, COTE D'IVOIRE, 2006. The schoolmaster's salary is paid by the village. In addition, he gets some land so that on weekends he can grow cocoa and make a little extra money. He is standing in front of his home. His job is to hire teenagers to act as teachers and he both teaches and checks on teaching quality. Essentially, then, this village has one paid school employee for a population of about 300.
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