2017 GCE begins in calm & serenity
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| 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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