Buea Engineering Students Receive Biya’s Laptops

By Boris Esono in Buea

Governor Okalia Bilai, SDO Fako Emmanuel Ledoux, Buea DO Kouam 

Wokam and ENSTP Director pose with students who received Biya’s laptops

Some five hundred and fifty three presidential laptops were on 7 August 2018 distributed to students of the National Advanced School of Public Works Annex-Buea.

            Distributing the gift to the students, South West Governor Bernard Okalia Bilai encouraged the students to make proper use of the laptops in their quest for excellence, academic work and professional career. “The award of laptops shows the head of state’s belief that the youths are the leaders of our future country”.

            Governor Okalia Bilai added that “I hope that between the days of receiving the laptops and vision 2035 or an emerged Cameroon, some of the students would have distinguished themselves and be in position to do a similar gesture to young Cameroonians of next generation”.

            The Director of the said institution Kouontchou Nguepkap Emmanuel said the laptops offered by the head of state are for those “of the Higher Technical Cycle with at least an Advanced or Baccalaureate in the sciences”. “The distribution follows a registration made by a high level team that came from the Ministry of Higher Education and the National Advanced School of Public Works Yaoundé”.

            “I am happy following this gesture from the head of state. This technology will definitely help the students in their various fields as they need it so much. It will help them to maintain what they have acquired in school to do research and insert them in the job market”.

            Alyello Brian Geh, Rural engineering student said he was very grateful having received his own laptop from the head of state. “I am grateful and I intend to make maximum use of the laptop in my quest for success in education. I have a lot of reports to write and so many things to research online. This laptop will really help me”.

            “I am very happy to have received this gift from the head of state. This laptop will help me to take care of my activities such as research work, academics and in my professional career” said Fomepa Touraine, Land survey student.

            The distribution of these laptops to “Survey school” students is in conformity with the head of state’s promise of five hundred thousand laptops to higher education students across the country. A few months back, the launch of the distribution process in the South West Region took place at the campus of the University of Buea chaired by the Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo. 

            Various projects have been carried out by the head of state at the institution which includes the construction of 10 new classrooms, new equipment supplied to the institution and the construction of a geo-technical laboratory.

            The National Advanced School of Public Works Annex-Buea trains three categories of technicians notably; Basic technicians, Ordinary Technicians and Higher level Technicians in the domain of civil engineering Land Survey, Rural Engineering and Town Planning.

            The enrolment of the school for the on-going academic year, 2017/2018 stands at about 1500 students, with about 25% of them being female.

            The students and the staff at the end gave their blessings to the head of state in the coming 7 October presidential election in the country.