Education

Some 2012 Graduates of National Advanced School of Public Works, NASPW, Buea, Cameroon

Graduates of NASPW Tasked to Create Jobs

By Walter Wilson Nana Some 222 graduates of the National Advanced School of Public Works, NASPW, Annex, Buea, have been challenged to be job creators. The Director of the school, Emmanuel Kouontchou made the call during the graduation ceremony of … Continue reading

Cameroon: Junior MPs Want Integration of Disabled Children – AllAfrica.com

In Cameroon, statistics show that over 2 million children live … The Ministers of Public Health, Secondary Education and Women’s Empowerment and the Family equally gave presentations of the measures taken in their ministries to protect the rights of …

Cameroon: 34 Inmates Receive Prizes, Report Cards in New Bell Prison – AllAfrica.com

The school, a major innovation in Cameroon prisons, is the fruit of collaboration between … is to enhance the skills of the children who had hitherto been deprived of education as a result of their being in jail. The course … Continue reading

Africa: Female AFCON – Cameroon Sails Through – AllAfrica.com

Cameroon got the equaliser at the 87th minute from the penalty … According to the Minister of Sports and Physical education who had promised a million franc bonus to each players in case of qualification, the Lionesses demonstrated the true … Continue reading

Cameroon: Telecentres Impacting Education in Rural Areas – AllAfrica.com

A research on the positive results of five of such centres was presented last Wednesday in Yaounde. Results of a two-year study on five multi-purpose community telecentres in Cameroon indicates that the centres which are connected to the internet have … Continue reading

Cameroon: Professionalism, a Tall Dream in Athletics – AllAfrica.com

Though Cameroon has won two Olympic gold medals in athletics … There are no scholarships for promising athletes so as to enable them combine education with sports and this leads many budding athletes to abandon their career early. There is … Continue reading

Inadequate school and teaching resources challenge education in Sub-Saharan Africa – indiaeducationdiary.in

In Cameroon, there is on average one reading textbook for eleven … Engineering/Architecture Entrance Examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education has been declared today at 10.45 pm. This year, 11,37,256 candidates registered for …

America’s Education Problem Isn’t Money, It’s How We Spend It – US News and World Report

A subhead read, “Don’t Study Engineering.” [Check out U.S. News's STEM education center.] So what is to be done? Six years ago the U.S. Congress, on a bipartisan basis (remember that?), asked the National Academies of Science, Engineering …

Matrilineal Custom Puts Cameroonian Widows in Limbo – Women’s eNews

DIKOME BALUE, Cameroon (WOMENSENEWS)–James Elangwe … “I have given all my children the most precious gift in life: education,” he says. “I believe with education they can better take care of themselves and remove their focus from some insignificant …

Lanham resident finds success with tennis – Maryland Community Newspapers Online

“Tennis is not very popular [in Cameroon],” Mba said. “Soccer is the biggest sport. Tennis is expensive. This makes it affordable and gives everyone a chance. It’s a great opportunity to get an education. When [the kids] are 16, 17 … Continue reading