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Facts about Madagascar
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Geography
Saturday 10 January 2009
Madagascar is a large island located in the Indian Ocean, facing Mozambique. It is roughly at a distance of 10000 kms from Europe and 3000 kms from South-Africa.
The geographic coordinates are roughly :20 00 S, 47 00 E
With a surface of almost 590000 sq km, it is the fourth largest island in (...) > continue
Primary Education facts
Sunday 18 January 2009
According to the Malagasy Ministry of Education website, in the school year 2006/2007 there were 3 837 343 students in the public primary schools.
The average ratio students/teacher was 52, which means that for every teacher there were 52 students!
The average ratio students/classroom was 59 (...) > continue