2022 EXAMINATION SESSION 

Professor Nalova Lyonga satisfied with the organisation and conduct of Common Entrance examinations

MINESEC boss satisfied with the hitch-free conduct of the Common Entrance examinations following a tour in three (3) examinations centres in Yaounde, on 17 May 2022. 

The Minister of Secondary Education, in the company of the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Secondary Education (MINESEC) in charge of teacher training (SEESEN), Boniface Bayaola, and the Secretary-General, Prof Fabien Nkot, visited three examinations centres in the Mfoundi Division to ascertain the smooth conduct of the Common Entrance Examinations organised by the Department of Examinations and Certification (DECC) of the Ministry of Secondary Education.

Despite the heavy downpour the capital city Yaounde woke up to on Tuesday, 17 May 2022, candidates and examiners were present in all the three examination centres visited by the ministerial delegation in College La Retraite, Government Girl’s Technical College (CETIF) Yaounde and Lycée Genéral Leclerc. 

In each of these examination centres, the Minister and her entourage sought to know how smooth examinations were going on, paying special attention to the provisions made for impaired candidates, compliance with examination standards, as well as to the respect for both barriers measures and Clean School requirements. The chiefs of the examination centres confirmed that no candidate was slammed a sanction for coming late, owing to the bad weather over the capital city.

CETIF Yaounde is accommodating 3 candidates with disabilities out of the 345 candidates present. Meanwhile in College La Retraite only 6 candidates were recorded absent out of the 437 candidates registered. At Lycée Général Leclerc, 749 candidates were present out of the 777 registered. 

For the records, unconsolidated statistics for the 2022 session of the Common Entrance examinations organised by DECC stand at 255,584 candidates, including, 171,360 candidates for the Common Entrance into General Secondary Education and 83,981 candidates for the Common Entrance into Technical Secondary Education.

By A. Ngidjol

CELCOM MINESEC

  The Distance Education Centre set up by the Ministry of Secondary Education under the leadership of the Minister of Secondary Education, Professor Nalova Lyonga, to preserve the right of each Cameroonian child to quality education everywhere and all the time was recently a highlight at a training session held in this Center. This information and discussion session took place between the Education, Vocational Training and Youth Commission of the National Assembly and the Ministry of Secondary Education (MINESEC).

  Minister Lyonga escorted the honorable members of Parliament to visit the Distance Education Center before the proper start of the round table discussion. The Minister showcased the different facilities of this center and explained its creation which sprouted from the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic. She acknowledged the assistance of various partners as well as the mobilization of the Government at the behest of the Head of State in its creation to ensure that Cameroon’s educational system does not suffer from this pandemic.  

Impressed and overwhelmed by the innovation the educational system has experienced through this center, the members of Parliament congratulated the Minister and her collaborators on how well they have succeeded in managing the facility with the limited funds allocated to the Ministry of Secondary Education.

  After haven experienced first-hand the activities carried out by MINESEC, the members of Parliament unanimously agreed that the budget allocated to the Ministry of Secondary Education deserved an increment to facilitate their activities especially the Distance Education Center.

At press time, Hon. NJUME Peter had this to say: “We cannot rely on UNESCO all the time for financial help. It is true that during the past years, we were talking of financial constrains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the hosting of AFCON. I think that this time around, the government should be able to know that education is primordial for an emergent country like Cameroon, so they have to improve or step up the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Secondary Education.”

 Drusilla Mbah E.

 CELCOM MINESEC

Tedonjio Feukeng Kabrel, Foteping Kuiate Johann Gregore and Ntombi Mpah Pauline from Government Technical High School Douala-Bassa are the laureates of the second edition of the International Entrepreneurship Competition held in Rabat, Morocco from 31 March to 5 April 2022 before Morocco and Benin.

The three teenagers together with their mentors and supervisors were offered a solemn reception by Prof Nalova Lyonga, Minister of Secondary Education, on 18 April 2022 at the Distance Education Centre following their brilliant victory abroad. This was in the presence of Boniface Bayaola, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Secondary Education in charge of Teacher’s Training.

During the event, the young entrepreneurs presented their award-winning electronic wristband. The device which consists of a printed circuit-board can be activated in time of distress to call for help. The project idea was developed within the framework of the “Schule-Z” programme, an initiative which seeks to nurture and build soft and entrepreneurial skills in school-going youths at the secondary level.

The innovative electronic wristband project borne by these budding entrepreneurs caught the eye of the jury of the competition. They were granted scholarships that will enable them to fine-tune their entrepreneurial skills in one of the prestigious Moroccan Universities.

Secondary Education Minister equally acknowledged the promoter of “Schule-Z” programme for his efforts in bringing in the missing link between school and the business world. Proud of this achievement, Prof Nalova Lyonga encouraged students to tap on all technological facilities that are made available to them and to adhere to discipline, hardwork and creativity in order to honour the huge investments the Government of the Republic is making to secure their future.

                                                                                                                                                    Aimé Ngidjol

                                                                                                                                      Celcom/MINESEC