-Retailers of GCE results jump for joy
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| 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not be published online.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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