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The Cameroon government through respective ministries of basic and secondary education has ordered authorities of schools shutdown on the wake of attacks from Ambazonia fighters to reopen them without delay.
The decision was taken by the Regional delegates of the ministries in the North West region. In a joint Press release, the delegates noted that most of the schools have done so or planning to do so without consulting competent authorities.
The release partially reads, “It has been brought to our notice that some education agencies have closed their doors for the 2017/2018 academic year or are planning to close before the official closing dates without consultations with Education and Administrative authorities in the region.”
The two delegates have told both private and Confessional schools to respect the rules put in place citing a Ministerial Order of July 7, 2017, article 32 which states that, “Pupils and students who are not involved in official examinations shall go on holidays on Friday June 8, 2018 at noon.”
The order follows a decision by some schools to draw curtains on their academic activities for the 2017/2018 academic year while citing security threats on the lives of all the stakeholders involved in education.
Recall that there have been spates of attacks on schools in the Northwest region of Cameroon of late by unidentified persons. A few cases include the abduction of the principal of St Bedes College Ashing-Kom, the raid on Government Bilingual High School Bafut, and Government Technical High School Bafut by armed men suspected to be Ambazonia fighters.
TCR gathered that following the hullaballoo in Bafut, students of Presbyterian Secondary School Bafut have all returned home.
By LVV with Files from CIN
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