Back to school at last:

NW private higher education institutions set for lectures by October

By Njodzefe Nestor

Private Higher Education Institutions in the North West region have resolved to resume lectures in October 2017 for the 2017/ 2018 academic year, breaking the spiral of silence that has surrounded school resumptions by these institutions lately.

                This is one of the resolutions made by the Association of North West Private Higher Education Institutions, ANOWEPHEI that met in Bamenda on July 24, 2017 to “evaluate the impact of the current socio-political impasse in the North West and South West regions on Private Higher Education Institutions in the region”.

                The association in a declaration signed by Dr Nick Ngwanyam of St. Louis University Institute Of Health And Biomedical Sciences (UNIHEBS) who signed on behalf of other proprietors equally called on Administrators of Private Higher Education Institutions in the region to commence preparations for school resumption “as soon as possible’’.

                “In order to diffuse the current socio-political impasse in the  in the North West and South West regions and make the learning environment conducive for both students and lecturers, government should release all persons arrested in connection with the current Anglophone crisis” the declaration which The Median procured a copy reads.

                The association also called on government to summon the earmarked National Education Forum “as soon as possible in order to review the educational system in Cameroon” and that they should “engage in meaningful and frank dialogue with all stakeholders in order to resolve the current socio-political stalemate in the North West and South West region”.

                “The economic activities and social fabric in the North West and South West region are breaking down and our economic potentials are being lost to other regions and neibouring countries” they regretted emphasizing that the future of the children is being compromised.

They acknowledged the existence of the Anglophone Problem but observed that some of the problems are political, social and economic and therefore should not be lumped together.

                “The solutions to the problems will be achieved through frank dialogue with the opposing parties in an acceptable atmosphere and framework. Then the social problems including education should be solved by children going to school as errors in the system are being corrected following the 24 points arrived at between the government and the Teachers Trade Unions” they added.