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DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMME

PROFESSOR NALOVA LYONGA OPENS THE GATES OF THE DISTANCE EDUCATION CENTRE TO TWO SPECIAL GUESTS.

1 The Minister and her special guests

Louis Paul Motaze, Cameroon Minister of Finance and Richard Bale, the Canadian High Commissioner to Cameroon were given the pride of place in a guided tour around the Distance Education Centre, on Thursday, 19 August 2021.

The visit was an occasion for both officials to see the infrastructure developed by the Minister of Secondary Education to ensure education goes on despite the coronavirus pandemic and to get first-hand experience on its functioning. The Healthy Holidays programme which has been going on for two weeks at the Centre offered the two hosts who were led by Professor Nalova Lyonga, Minister of Secondary Education, glimpses on both the infrastructure put in place and the distinctive ambience that prevails on the site. 

2 A Power point Presentation of the Distance Education Programme

After the visit which consisted of a power point presentation of the Centre and a guided tour of the facilities, the visitors thanked Professor Nalova Lyonga and saluted her vision and the consistent efforts made to translate such vision into a concrete reality. 

3 Family photograph of the attendants of the My Healthy Holidays Programme

To Louis Paul Motaze, the Distance Education Centre is a “revolutionary” infrastructure that will serve future generations. The patron of Cameroon Finance asserted that the project is worth sustaining, since distance education will help the State to solve many other issues in the Secondary Education sector. Richard Bale on the other hand confided that, as a long-standing partner of Cameroon in the Education sector, Canada supports the Distance Education programme since its inception and does not intend to do less.

4 A tour around the Distance Education Centre

Professor Nalova Lyonga acknowledged the assistance of the various partners as well as the mobilization of the Government at the behest of the Head of State, in setting up the Distance Education Centre, in order to preserve the right of each Cameroonian child to quality education everywhere and all the time.

Aimé Ngidjol

Celcom-MINESEC

2021 EXAMINATION SESSION

The Minister of Secondary Education, Professor Nalova Lyonga, satisfied with the organisation and conduct of DECC examinations

MINESEC boss delivers a two-thumbs up appreciation for the smooth preparation and hitch-free organisation of DECC examinations at the end of her tour in five (5) schools in Yaounde, on 15 June 2021.

The Minister of Secondary Education, in the company of Boniface Bayaola, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Secondary Education (MINESEC) in charge of teacher training (SEESEN), visited five schools in the Mfoundi Division to ascertain the conduct of the BEPC, CAP, and Teacher Training Examinations (CAPIEMP and CAPIET), all of which are organised by the Department of Examinations and Certification (DECC). On this occasion, both members of Government were flanked by other high-ranking officials of MINESEC, ranging from the Secretary-General, Professor Fabien Nkot to the Director of Examinations and Certification, Dr. Madeleine Shewa.

2 SEEEN MINESEC DECC

The schools visited by the ministerial delegation, included GHS Mballa II for the the BEPC exam, GBTTC Yaounde for the CAPIEMP, GBHS Nkol-Eton for the BEPC of the Special Bilingual Programme, GTHS Charles Atangana for Commercial and Industrial CAP and College La Retraite, a confessional school.

3 Exams Instructions made known to all candidates

In each of these schools which were chosen following the types of exams they were accommodating, the Minister sought to know how good examinations were going on, paying special attention to the provisions made for impaired candidates, compliance with examinations standards, as well as to the respect for both barriers measures and Clean School requirements.

4 A candidate with Disability

In Government High School Mballa II which is accommodating 22 candidates with disabilities in the BEPC exam, all the candidates were found sitting comfortably and provided with the necessary materiel for their effective participation in the examination. Meanwhile in Government Bilingual High School Nkol-Eton, the Chief of the examination centre confirmed that “exams materials were received well on time and that no candidate arrived late at the examination centre”.

5 Chief of Examination Centre GBHS Nkol Eton

6 Instructions to preserve the assets

Despite the few improvements needed such as the sitting conditions of the candidates, Secondary Education Minister was proud and satisfied with the organisation and conduct of the examinations as witnessed on the field. “Everything is going on well. In fact, I need to congratulate Madam DECC, she has done a fantastic job, as we all can see”, Professor Nalova Lyonga underscored at the end of her morning tour.

As a reminder, unconsolidated statistics for these official examinations organised by DECC stand at 274,338 candidates, including, 215,257 candidates in the standard BEPC, 3,165 in the Special Bilingual Programme BEPC, 30,888 candidates in Industrial CAP, 14,498 candidates in Commercial CAP, 2,227 candidates in the CAPIET and 8,303 candidates in the CAPIEMP examinations.

By A. Ngidjol, CELCOM MINESEC

MODERNISATION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

THE MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION BEEFS UP ITS OFFER IN TECHNICAL SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH ELEVEN NEW SPECIALTIES.

Office automation, stenotyping, taxation, business computing, bakery and pastry, meat processing, painting, ceramics and sculpture, tannery and leather industry, textile and pressing are the new specialties technical secondary education will offer as from the 2021-2022 school year in Government Technical Bilingual High Schools (GTBHS) Nsam and Maroua.

The information was disclosed by Professor Nalova Lyonga, Minister of Secondary Education, during the closing ceremony of the pioneer trainers’ training session on the specialties mentioned above at GTBHS Nsam on 18, May 2021. On the occasion, Secondary Education Minister was accompanied by Boniface Bayaola, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Secondary Education (MINESEC) in charge of Teacher Training, alongside other high ranking officials.

Within the framework of the project to enhance Technical Secondary Education (PEST), fifty-three (53) technical education teachers drawn from all over the country were trained from 15 February to 15 May 2021 on the mastery and teaching of these specialties, so as to ensure a smooth transfer of knowledge and know-how to learners. The training which was offered by professional institutions specialising in these domains blended theoretical and practical lessons with a two-week internship in well-established companies.

                   1 Stenotyping  2 Fine arts

Teachers exhibited the know-how earned at the end of the three-month training in various stands which were visited by Professor Nalova Lyonga and her entire delegation. In each stand, the Minister enquired about the process and the materials used in the production of the various items displayed. She equally advised teachers trained in bakery and pastry, meat processing, textile and pressing to lay emphasis on hygiene, safety and security while transmitting the know-how to learners, since this will enable them to secure the trust of their prospective clients in the long run. “We are going to faithfully transmit what we have learned to our students”, trainees assured the Minister.

                 3 Bakery Pastery Meat Processing  4 Textile Pressing

In her remarks, Professor Nalova Lyonga thanked the Islamic Development Bank for supporting the State of Cameroon in improving the standards in technical secondary education through PEST project. “The teaching of these specialties which have been chosen based on the needs of the country’s socioeconomic environment will ultimately provide a sustainable solution to youth unemployment”, the Minister concluded.

By A. Ngidjol, CELCOM MINESEC

INSPECTORATE GENERAL OF EDUCATION

INSPECTORATE GENERAL OF EDUCATION

Pedagogic Inspectors and Teachers of Computer Sciences upgrade their skills on the teaching of Computer Sciences and Information and Communication Technology in Schools.

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This is the leitmotiv of the four-day capacity building workshop for pedagogic inspectors and teachers of computer sciences organized by the Inspectorate of Pedagogy in charge of the teaching of Computer Sciences. The workshop took place at the Teachers’ Resource Center known by its French acronym CAAP from the 17 to 19 and 21 May 2021.

The opening ceremony chaired by the Inspector General of Education, Pr. NSATA AWOUNDJA Catherine brought together National and Regional Pedagogic Inspectors as well as teachers of Computer Sciences. In her address, she lauded the Inspector Coordinator General in charge of the teaching of Computer Sciences for organizing such a workshop and hoped that the set objectives will be attained. Pr. NSATA AWOUNDJA acknowledged the presence of teachers who came from the field. She congratulated them on the work done and said their input was highly awaited. While wishing all participants fruitful deliberations, she declared open the workshop.

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In his presentation of the rundown of the workshop, the Inspector Coordinator General in charge of the teaching of Computer Sciences, Mr. FOMBOH Julius FOMBUTU, thanked the Minister of Secondary Education, Professor Nalova Lyonga for her vision for technology adoption in Secondary Education. He went further to explain that “This seminar is taking place in a context marked by two (02) major changes impacting pedagogy in our education system. On the one hand, there is a drive to master the new pedagogical paradigm implemented in Secondary Education: that is the Competence Based Approach (CBA) and on the other hand, there is the overhaul and reinforcement of computer science syllabuses. To respond to the former, the computer Science syllabi have seen their presentation format evolve with the introduction of families and examples of life situations, categories and examples of actions, and teaching resources. While for the later, the content has been reinforced.”
 
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In order to guarantee the achievement of the set objectives, the seminar was structured around two main phases: Training and the immediate practice on the field. As such, it is not just a purely theoretical exchange, but the knowledge acquired shall be immediately tested on the field.

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In order to guarantee the achievement of the set objectives, the seminar was structured around two main phases: Training and the immediate practice on the field. As such, it is not just a purely theoretical exchange, but the knowledge acquired shall be immediately tested on the field.

 

COOPERATION-MINESEC welcomes the new Turkish Ambassador to Cameroon

MINESEC welcomes the new Turkish Ambassador to Cameroon

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His Excellency Volkan Isikçi, the newly posted Turkish Ambassador to Cameroon paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Secondary Education, Professor Nalova Lyonga, on Thursday 15 April 2021.

 

This audience with the Secondary Education Minister who was assisted by Boniface Bayaola, Secretary of State in charge of teacher training in the said Ministry was an opportunity for the Turkish diplomat and the Secondary Education boss to review the fruitful cooperation Cameroon has been enjoying from Turkey in boosting its Secondary Education sector.

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Citing the experience earned from MAARIF School and Government Bilingual High School Mvomeka’a as some of the major outcomes Cameroon-Turkey cooperation has achieved so far, not forgetting the construction of the Government Technical and Vocational High Ekounou which is underway, Prof Nalova Lyonga told H.E. Volkan Isikçi that MINESEC expected much more from this relationship, especially in the fields of the teaching and practice of arts, cinema and the manufacturing of sportwear.

The Turkish diplomat gave Prof Nalova Lyonga assurance of his country’s full support in advancing the Cameroon’s Secondary Education. The diplomat pledged to play a decisive role in facilitating contacts between Turkish companies and the Ministry of Secondary Education.

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Aimé Ngidjol

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