The Ministry of Secondary Education examines some key tools presented by the NGOs, Fondation d’Education d’Esperance by Flomik (FEEF), Fédération Africaine du Sport Scolaire (FASS) and Trust Inside International
This was during a working session on reinforcing the culture and practice of confidence and trust within the school milieu, held on Wednesday, 21st June 2023 at the Distance Education Centre in Yaoundé.
Chaired by Prof. Nalova Lyonga, in the company of the Secretary of State in charge of Teachers’ Training in the Ministry of Secondary Education, Bayaola Boniface, the Secretary General Prof. Fabien Nkot, together with other top ranking officials and staff of her ministry, the NGOs: Fondation d’Education d’Esperance by Flomik (FEEF), Fédération Africaine du Sport Scolaire (FASS) and Trust Inside International presented some key tools to prevent violence in schools, amongst which are: trust building, development of confidence, mind education and school sports.
Speaking to participants, Madam Hond Marie Florence, President of Fondation d’Education d’Esperance by Flomik presented how her organization and Fédération Africaine du Sport Scolaire accompany the Ministry of Secondary Education in the fight against violence in schools and the use of hard drugs through sensitization campaigns and her desintoxication and social rehabilitation centres. These centres are already operational in the Far-North and Centre Regions respectively, and that others will be opened in other regions subsequently.
She went further to explain that, “Students admitted in these centres spend at least 6 to 12 months to ensure their complete rehabilitation”
On his part, Mr. Pierre WINICKI, President of Trust Inside International presented a succinct exposé on the culture of Confidence and Trust wherein he explained the role trust plays in the prevention of violence in schools and the society at large.
Through his Trust Tree theory, he demonstrated how the culture of trust has a very important impact on reducing violence in schools.
He explained that, “Trust is the very fundamental basis for peace, proper stability, economic growth, economic transition and human development. Without trust, none of these can be obtained. The millennium goals cannot be obtained or attained if there's no culture of trust widely diffused in the society.”
This exercise comes on the heels of an international symposium on violence in schools initiated and organised in Yaoundé by the Ministry of Secondary Education in collaboration with the United Nations system in Cameroon in December 2022.
Then followed a second meeting that dwelt on preparations towards the upcoming 2023 edition of the FENASSCO LEAGUE “A” games slated for Garoua and Gashiga from 28 July to 05 August 2023, at the end of which Prof. Nalova Lyonga announced that CAMTEL has attributed the number 1530 to MINESEC’s Helpline Centre. This number is toll free and it’s open to students, teachers and even parents faced with any psychosocial problem and need a counsellor to talk to.
K.T Lois NGEK
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