ENS Yaounde graduates 55th batch

-Authorities told to shun linguistic marginalization

By Rachel NtubeNgwese

Prof. Jacque Fame Ndongo

The 55th batch of the higher teachers training college ENS Yaoundé have received their end of training diplomas as teachers and guidance counselors to secondary and high schools of the country. The 138 graduate teachers came from the departments of letters, human sciences, sciences and guidance counseling in both the first and the second cycles of the institution with a general performance rate of 97,41percent.

                According to the director of the institution who presented the batch, the training consisted of two categories of students which include foreign students recruited directly after a proper examination of their documents presented either by their state or previous institution, and regular students recruited through a competitive entrance examination by the public service.

                He indicated that one of the most remarkable aspects in the just ended training was the integration of the numeric education which benefited a subvention from the UNESCO worth 25 thousand Euros to ameliorate training through the use of information and communication technologies. To this effect, the first batch of trainees trained to teacher in this domain of the institution were equally graduated this year and awarded diplomas to this effect.

                In the presence of state ministers, the certificate award ceremony was led by the minister of higher education Prof. Jacque Fame Ndongo who saluted the collective efforts of the institution and its partners to equip the outgoing students with solid professional skills. He also congratulated the performance of female students who topped in almost all series and especially Nang Emana Marie Claire the ‘major’ of the promotion from the department of letters scoring an average of 16.53 percent.

                Taking into consideration the prevailing grievance recently expressed by lawyers and teachers of the Anglophone sub systems; the minister used the opportunity to lecture the new teachers on the need to uphold the unitary values of the state as prescribed by the preamble and article two of the constitution of the country. He cautioned them to stay away from foreign linguistic barriers and give more value to the traditional bonds which make Cameroon one and indivisible, united in diversity. He equally thanked the teacher’s syndicates for their immense efforts, the use of bilingualism, and reminded them that the government has its doors open for dialogue to ensure their well being and the strict respect of both sub systems of education.