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The written phase of the General Baccalaureat examination for the 2021-2022 session started off nationwide on 30 May 2022. It is to ascertain the hitch-free organisation and conduct of this examination that Secondary Education Minister, Prof Nalova Lyonga, led by the Governor of the Centre Region, Naseri Paul Bea, undertook visits to some examination centres in Yaounde.
College Jean Tabi, Government Bilingual High School Emana, Government Bilingual High School Essos, Government High School Ahala and Les Bambis Lay Private Bilingual College are the five schools visited by the ministerial delegation in Yaounde, on day one of the written phase of the General Baccalaureat examination for the 2021-2022 session.
In each of these examination centres, Prof Nalova Lyonga who was flanked by Boniface Bayaola, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Secondary Education in charge of Teacher’s Training and Prof Fabien Nkot, Secretary-General of the said Ministry, checked the good organisation and conduct of the exam. They enquired the availability of composition materials and paid special attention to compliance with examination standards as well as to the respect for both barrier measures and Clean School requirements.
At College Jean Tabi, MINESEC’s officials were satisfied with the organisation and visited the cosy computer lab that will accommodate candidates for the practicals in Computer Science. In GBHS Essos and in all other examination centres, the Minister was briefed on the sanitary and security provisions made to ensure a hitch-free conduct of the exam throughout.
Particularly concerned with the case of GHS Ahala which saw its premises flooded following the heavy rains over the city, the Minister was appeased to see the 558 candidates safely accommodated at Institut MAK-MBE, a well located college nearby.
The ministerial visit ended at the headquarters of the Office du Baccalaureat to confirm the effective operation of the technical infrastructure. Regarding the issue of payment, Etienne Minkoulou, Director General of the Office du Baccalaureat, gave assurance that to date “the full payroll has been prepared and the first cash transfers are being made to the respective accounts for the effective payment of the stakeholders in the 342 examination centres dispatched all over the national territory.
By A. Ngidjol
CELCOM MINESEC