Education
CEMAC: Higher Education Ministers approve harmonization of the higher education system
CEMAC nationals can soon transfer the higher education course credits obtained in a said member country to another member country. This is the conclusion...
Cameroon joins the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
International air traffic drops by 62% in Cameroon, due to Covid-19
Over 2 million people need food assistance in Cameroon (OCHA)
Cameroon: World Bank and GPE release XAF57 bln to boost basic education
The World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education recently provided an additional XAF57 billion to improve basic education in Cameroon. The...
Cameroon: Government releases CFAF6.5 bln to subsidize private education
Since June 10, 2020, the Minister of Finance, Louis Paul Motazé, has released an envelope of CFAF 6.5 billion as a remainder of the “2019 subsidy to...
Cameroon: 9-10% of household expenses are devoted to children’s education
In Cameroon, 9% of households’ spending is devoted to children’s public primary education. This was revealed in a study, focused on the education and...
Camrail offers Youscribe access codes to 100 students of the University of Yaoundé
On March 4, 2020, Camrail handed Youscribe access codes to 100 students of the University of Yaoundé. During the handing ceremony, organized in Yaoundé,...
Moroccan business school ESCA advertises its trainings to Cameroonian students
For some days now, a delegation of officials and Cameroonian students of Morrocan business school ESCA have been in Cameroon. During the tour, started in...
Higher education : 10,000 Cameroonians are pursuing graduate studies in France
Currently, 10,000 Cameroonians are pursuing graduate studies in France. This was revealed by French officials during the signature cooperation agreement...
Cameroon: New Zealand offers scholarships for agricultural development and renewable energy studies
The New Zealand aid programme steered by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is offering scholarships to nationals of many African countries,...
More Cameroonians prefer private schools than South Africans (AfDB)
“The proportion of children attending private schools ranges from less than 5 percent in Burundi, Mozambique, and South Africa to more than 30 percent in...
Cameroon : Igeaf BTP Sarl launches metal construction vocational training center in Yaoundé
This year, Cameroon could have its first workers skilled in metal construction. For the first time, 13 trainees will sit for the certificate of...
Cameroon announces the recruitment of 500 University lecturers this year
After a first wave of 1,237 recruits in 2019, the Minister of Higher Education (Minesup), Jacques Fame Ndongo (photo), has announced a second phase to...
Cameroon: SABC awards best students of the last official exams
“The government expresses its deep gratitude to SABC group, which is supporting the ministry of secondary education in the implementation of its strategy...
Cameroon: 119 additional candidates to be admitted to ENAM for 2019-2020 academic year
For the 2019-2020 academic year, 119 additional candidates will be admitted to the National School of Administration and Magistracy (ENAM) Cameroon....
Basic education : Close to 5 mln pupils expected for the 2019-2020 academic year in Cameroon
The 2019-2020 academic year has started today September 2, 2019, in Cameroon. According to Laurent Serge Etoundi Ngoa (photo), minister of basic...
Cameroon makes room for 1,000 more teacher candidates for the 2019-2020 academic year
In Cameroon, an additional 1,000 places have been added to the usual number of candidates to be admitted in teacher training schools for the 2019-2020...
Russian University RUDN’s experts in Cameroon for a multi-day visit
Today August 26, 2019, a delegation from the Russian university RUDN is starting a multi-day visit in Cameroon. During their stay, they will exchange with...
Baccalaureate exam : Success rate of 60.18% recorded in 2019 in Cameroon, from 52.28% in 2018
Out of the 138,583 candidates that registered for the 2019 baccalaureate exam in Cameroon, more than 83,000 were successful, data from the baccalaureate...
Cameroon: President Paul Biya orders the recruitment of 2,000 university lecturers
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, the Secretary General of the Presidency (SG-PR), informs that the Head of State Paul Biya ordered November 13 the recruitment of...
Cameroon: Number of elementary schools grew by 26.7% in 2011-17
Between 2011 and 2017, the number of elementary schools identified in Cameroon improved from 14,712 to 18,596, an increase by 26.7%. This was revealed in...
Cameroon: French Embassy's Cultural Office launches new postgraduate scholarships
The Cultural Office of the French Embassy in Cameroon has just launched new master's and doctoral scholarships for Cameroonian students wishing to pursue...
Cameroon: Government recruits 1,000 kindergarten and elementary school teachers
The Cameroonian minister of civil service Joseph LE, launched September 20 the recruitment by competition of 1,000 nursery and primary school teachers...
Paul Biya authorizes the enrolment of student in FMSB and ENS Bertoua
Jacques Fame Ndongo, Cameroon’s minister of higher education, informs that on January 10, 2018, Paul Biya, the president has authorized the enrolment of...
Cameroon: Free textbooks in public primary schools
Philémon Yang, the Cameroonian prime minister, announced in a circular signed on November 23, 2017, that from the 2018-2019 academic year, Cameroon’s...
The 6th edition of the fair to promote studies in France held in Yaoundé launched on November 14
Jacques Fame Ndongo, Cameroon’s minister of higher education, opened on November 14, 2017, the 6th edition of the fair to promote studies in France (Salon...
CEEAC and UNESCO agree to cooperate on project "university centres of technological excellence"
Led by its representative, Félix Loïteohin Ye, a delegation of the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for Central Africa met with the Secretary General...
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