Secondary Education Minister, Pauline Egbe Nalova Lyonga has
again modified the timetables of the written part of the General Certificate of
Education (GCE) of the English subsystem of education and the Baccalaureate of
the French subsystem of education.
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| Nalova Lyonga Modifies GCE timetables |
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similar adjustment has been done to examinations organised by the BAC Board
which have been moved from May 30 to May 31st.
The
major reason advanced is that of the celebration of Ascension Day on Thursday,
May 30 which is generally a public holiday in Cameroon.
In the
past three years since the Anglophone conflict started, the GCE timetable has
been modified several times. Registration datelines are always modified and
sometimes written timetables as well.
However,
unlike in the past wherein the adjustments were mostly announced by the
Registrar of the GCE Board, for the past three years, successive Ministers of
Secondary have been more present in the life of the institution curtailing its
once enjoyed autonomy.
Critics
have argued that the celebration of Ascension Day is well known by Christians
and non-Christians alike and it is unrealistic for GCE and BAC timetables to be
modified on the eve of the exams.
Moreover,
in the past, the GCE has always been written on all working days sometimes even
on public holidays with specifications coming from the Registrar.
With
the heavy hand of the Ministry of Secondary Education on the Board, the quality
of exams is feared threatened with some students being declared unsuccessful at
first instance and later on successful upon collection of their result slips.
Enormous
mistakes were made last year on the results to the extent that most schools had
to recollect the slips of their students and forward to the Board for
modifications.
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