Monday 12 June 2017

Amid calls for ghost towns in NW & SW:



2017 GCE begins in calm & serenity
NgalleBibehe Messina, secondary education minister
Candidates trooped into examination halls in Bamenda, Buea and throughout the country Monday, 12 June 2017, as the written part of the 2017 GCE exams kicked-off hitch-free
By Boris Esono and Nestor Ndjodzefe
The written part of the 2017 GCE exams have kicked-off in Bamenda and Buea in calm and serenity. Candidates trooped into examination centres on Monday ignoring calls for boycott by leaders of some Anglophone activist groups in the diaspora. The Anglophone “facebook activists” had called on candidates to boycott the exams and instead observe ghost towns.
                But determined to obtain their certificates, candidates both registered and unregistered, ignored the boycott calls and rather took to the examination halls Monday.

                The candidates had been guaranteed security by the government. Gendarmes and police were stationed at strategic places in various towns, and in front of examination centres.
                At the BGHS MolykoBueacentre, it was total serenity in and around the halls, as the examinations were in progress. It was idem for GBHS Ntamulung in Bamenda, just like in LyceeBilingueEssos, Yaounde, where thousands of candidates also converged to sit the exams.
                Authorities of the GCE Board told CRTV Monday that all was going normally.
                We could not ascertain the exact number of registered candidates for this year’s GCE exams. But sources said the number witnessed a drastic drop compared to previous years.
                President Biya disbursed a special financial package to lure examiners


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