Confusion in Gov’t Action?

Who Issued Official Text Reviewing School Calendar?
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde

Did Profs Nalova Lyonga & Etoundi Ngoa jontly issue disclaimed text?

The ministers of Basic and Secondary education have rejected a jointly signed document purportedly sent out by them which was broadcast on state media and widely circulated on the social media, readjusting the calendar of the school year as government still battles to contain the surging coronavirus cases in the country.
    Profs. Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa and Pauline Egbe Nalova Lyonga in a joint release issued called on the population and education stakeholders to ignore the documented that was earlier circulated on social media, scheduling the restart of classes for 20 April as well as fixing dates for official end-of-year examinations.
    Speaking on state broadcaster, CRTV, Nalova explained that it is only the Prime Minister or the Head upon instructions from the Head of State that could take the decision as to when classes will resume for the continuation of the school year depending on the situation of the coronavirus in the country.
    As per the disclaimed calendar, practical sessions for exams for the French subsystem of education would have held 1-5 June 2020 while the written part would have begun Tuesday 7 July to Wednesday 8, 2020. Practical sessions as per the document for First School Leaving Examination, were scheduled for Tuesday 2 July 2020 with the written phase to be on Tuesday 7-8 July 2020. The Government Common Entrance examination was scheduled for Tuesday June 20.

    For secondary education, practical and written sessions for the GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels was scheduled for June 29-July 15 and July 16 to August 1 while that organised by the Baccalaureate board was expected to run from Monday June 29 to Friday September 18 2020.
    Etoundi Ngoa and Nalova Lyonga have in collaboration with CRTV launched tele-teaching for pupils and students on a daily basis to help them recover some of the lost lessons especially for those in examination classes.
    With the continuous increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the country, it is however not clear as to when classes will resume. Universities across the country have adopted E-learning.