Ghost Towns mar schools resumption in Kumba

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Meme SDO, Chamberlin Ntou'ouNdong

Calls for the observation of three days ghost towns by outlawed Anglophone Civil Society Consortium has been blamed for the poor and timid kick off of the 2017/2018 academic year in the town of Kumba.

                Only few students and pupils come be seen in sundry government and private colleges throughout the week in Kumba. While some who managed to turnout in some of the schools did so in their uniforms majority of them came in assorted dresses calming fear of been attacked in the streets.

                In most schools visited, the few students who answered present were already taking lectures in their various classes. In Government Bilingual High School Kumba, GBHS, and the Cameroon College of Arts and Sciences, CCAS, Kumba, the attendance was below expectation with not up to to 100 students in the close two colleges visited.  In Government Bilingual High School Kosala, 30 students were present. GBTTC and GTTTC witnessed four and seven students taking lectures in their classes respectively.

                                Some of the students who spoke to The Median said they were very happy that schools had finally though on a poor footing. They revealed they were very prepared to study reasons for their presence in class even when they were the only students.  Others expressed the wish to see most of their friends who are still idling at home to join them for the studies and promised telling their friends back home of the effective resumption of schools and massive presence of teachers.

                Speaking to reporters shortly after his tour of the various colleges, the Senior Divisional Officer for Meme, Chamberlin Ntou’ouNdong, expressed satisfaction with the impressive turnout of the students. He noted that the low turnout that was recorded in the morning period was due to the fact that it was the first day for school resumption and promised that beginning Tuesday things will not be the same again. He said most of the students will carry the message of effective resumption to their peers back home. He assured all has been put in place for the security of the children and the various campuses.

                On his part the Divisional Delegate for Secondary Education, AghimAbunawObase, expressed his satisfaction to the schools resumption and said it is better than he expected and promised to put all hands on deck to ensure that the attendance conditions. He pleads with parents and guardians to send their children to school as much has been done to ensure the security of the children while encouraging others to come to school.