Reports reaching BaretaNews confirms that the General Certificate of Education Examinations (GCE) commenced yesterday, Monday 15th May 2017 with practical sessions in Food Science and Nutrition, and Computer Sciences. Students, parents and the general public gave a ghostly response in the various centres across the Southern Cameroons.
It should be recalled that Southern Cameroons socio-political activists had called on parents, teachers, educational institutions, and the general public to boycott the exams cognisant of the fact that children have not been in school for more than seven months and counting. Also, this was a non-violent means to sustain the struggle, that is shutting down schools which from evidence, worries the administration.
Most streets and towns across Southern Cameroons were completely deserted even though few students could be seen around campuses to take the exams. Lots of confusion arose in the various urban writing centres following the fact that candidates could not identify their centres. Students who did not even register were admitted into the writing centers, BaretaNews gathered.
Meanwhile, the military could be seen parading these writing centres with arms. Onlookers ponder how candidates can write and pass an exam which they never prepared for, which are being supervised under such conditions amidst the ongoing tensions. Also, it was confirmed that some writing centres in the Northwest region were burnt down by unknown civilians. BaretaNews however, condemn these acts and urges everyone to remain steadfast.
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Mr. Mark Bareta and team, in as much as I appreciate and congratulate you in your work for the restoration of our Statehood, I will not hesitate one bit to castigate your actions when I find some statements wanting in substance and merit. Take the following statement from this post for example:
“It should be recalled that Southern Cameroons socio-political activists had called on parents, teachers, educational institutions, and the general public to boycott the exams cognisant of the fact that children have not been in school for more than seven months and counting”.
The Consortium, SCACUF, had earlier called for a boycott. If Southern Cameroonians have accepted SCACUF as the leading organization it is but right to attribute to it that acknowledgement. So instead of saying that those who called for the boycott are socio-political activists, you should have said SCACUF. This goes a long way to legitimizing SCACUF and its leadership among our people and making SCACUF a household name in Southern Cameroons. If you must acknowledge socio-political activists as those who have called for a boycott, at least also explicitly identify SCACUF as well.
When you fall short of this, some of us begin to see you and team as interested in fame and not the struggle. This can be very damaging to the United Front we are struggling to build. This is my humble opinion Sir and Team.
Yes you are right NDA all other bodies fall under SCACUF
NDA, the logic dose not fit.
Please he is not taking any credit at all, we can not interpret his words like that. Not him, not SCACUF or any Southern Cameroonian is pleased with such acts.
SCACUF success is not guide by the failure or success of the GCE exams. SCACUF stands tall, strong and proud for it ways are guided by legal laws and that is why we are so confident in it. We know SCACUF and all it members will never do such a thing, as such we should not be creating such connections.
Are those leading The Consortium, SCACUF, not Southern Cameroons socio-political activists,?,what is really wrong with us? someone there should throw some light on me.
I find it very difficult to associate myself with ideologies that are very biased. If the writer never mentioned SCACUF, it should not be a problem here. Let it be known that SCACUF is still to be accepted by ALL , I mean ALL Southern Cameroonians as an authoritative organ before you guys begin to castigate SC citizens should they not glorify it to your taste. We recognize what SCACUF has been doing irrespective of its limitations and varying criticisms been attracted. Yet SCACUF has not yet been legitimized and not even legalised as an organ of authority in the Southern Cameroon(quote me wrong if you can justify the contrary). Firstly , Southern cameroon is not yet AUTONOMOUS and as such cannot claim to grant a legal identity to any organ as being ” Authoritative”. Secondly , we cannot pretend to ignore the existence of indifference from SC citezens regarding the SCACUF. Most people will not (which I think they are right) accept that most of the successes recorded so far should be credited to SCACUF when we all know how other groups and individuals had laboured to propel us to the apex of successes we have had so far.
Uptil now , many SCs still hold to the legitimate authority of the Principal consortium leaders in detention ( the Ballas, the Fontems, the Bibixys, etc , etc) as still wheeling a great influence despite being behind bars. most SCs are still waiting to drive the lane of those leaders once they are out. Scs are not even happy with the in house management of the crisis in SCACUF, which has drained down the credibility it would have maintained.
Please, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Queen’s tongue, twas high time we focused on important issues that contribute towards the realisation of our goal than waste valuable time on “adiaphoras”.