Specification of indicators of a national observatory of education system - application to Cameroon education system

International audience ; The main objective of this article is to present the various issues related to specification of indicators of a national observatory for education system. The point of focus of this study will be on the Cameroon education system. We may consider an observatory as a platform for supervision or a guide. Conceptually, it is made up of indicators which shall determine on which base the environment activities of supervision shall facilitate decision making. The diversity and complex nature of an education system, as well as the diversity of the various actors concerned make the conception of the observatory particularly tedious. The focus of the article is on questions linked with the education environment, the human actors involved (teachers, students, decision makers, socio economic organizations) and the evaluation of the education system.