Sunday 29 May 2016

Online publication of GCE results prohibited

-Retailers of GCE results jump for joy
Humphrey Ekema Momono
The Registrar of the GCE Board has confirmed the start of the written part of the ‘O’ and ‘A’ level exams for Monday, 30 May, throughout the country. Sir Humphrey Ekema Momono used a press conference in Buea Thursday, to reassure candidates and parents of a hitch-free examination
By Ajongakou Santos & Boris Esono
The registrar of the Cameroon GCE Board, HumpheryEkemaMonono has said that results of this year’s GCE examination will not be published online. The registrar affirmed this last Thursday, 26 May 2016 at a press conference he convened at the headquarters of the Board in Buea.
                According to the Sir MononoHumpheryEkema, publishing candidates’ results online is not and will never be the ideal way to release the results given that it serves as a platform for fraud, manipulations and damage of both the image of the Cameroon GCE Board and the various institutions of learning.
                “Publishing the results online only gives the opportunity for fraudsters to adulterate the results,” Sir Humphrey Monono said, noting that whatever results that is found on the internet should not be trusted as the authentic GCE results.
                The registrar advised students and their parents to go to the various centers where they took the exams and verify their results or rely on the channels which traditionally carry the results ie CRTV Radio and some local Newspapers.

                Thus the results of the 2016 June session will be published in newspapers and read over CRTV Radio, as was the case in previous years. Yet, though most candidates have longed for a change in this method of publication of the results, the Board believes the method is ideal and best.
                But there are fears there will be frustrations, manipulations, and delays for some candidates’ trying to access their results. This is because those persons who are usually privileged to procure copies of the results booklets will still have the opportunity to make fast money from anxious candidates who would want to know their results at any cost, like has been the case in past recent years.
                Thus, while the worry of most candidates and parents has not been taken into consideration, the prayers of “get-rich-quick” GCE results retailers have been answered. And the trading in GCE results will continue to be a major hallmark of the Cameroon GCE Board, quite unfortunately.
                Speaking at the press conference, the Registrar sitting alongside the Deputy registrar for Technical Education and that of General Education revealed that some 182,493 candidates will take both the Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations this year. This is against the 182,038 (one hundred and eighty two thousand, thirty eight) candidates who took the exam in 2015. The 2016 session has thus witnessed a significant increase of 164,255 candidates.
                Dr. Humphrey Monono said in a bid to handle the ever increasing number of candidates the Board has increased the number of superintendents to 676 while the accommodation centers have also increased to 580.
                He challenged all the actors (students, teachers, administrators and the press) to take precaution as candidates across the country begin taking the exams today Monday, 30 May 2016, saying that heavy sanctions await all those who will be caught with prepared materials, cellphones or any other materials not requested by the board.
                Other take-home messages from the press conference include; that measures have been taken to guarantee successful exams in the Boko Haram hotspots in the North and Far North regions, notably in Minawao and Mokolo; while new subjects such as Logic, Civics and Bilingual French have been introduced.

                Meantime, the board and the Ministry of Secondary Education are concerting to see how the Cameroon GCE examination can be exported to other countries.  

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