L'Effort Camerounais (English Version)

St. Albert's Comprehensive College Bafut holds 7th PTA meeting

By Jude Abanseka

SACC Principal, Br. Francis Lukong

Parents of students of St. Albert's Comprehensive College, SACC, Bafut have resolved to reward hardworking staff and students from 2012/2013 Academic Year. The incentive has been increased to FCFA 1, 000,000 and 500,000 for teachers and students respectively.

CATUC braces for high standards

By Jude Abanseka

CATUC Council members

The staff and students of the Catholic University of Cameroon, CATUC, Bamenda from now on are required to behave in a manner worthy of their institution.

Israeli Ambassador pledges support to CATUC

By Jude Abanseka

The Ambassador of Israel to Cameroon, His Excellency Miki Arbel, has said his embassy will support and cooperate with the Catholic University of Cameroon, CATUC, Bamenda.

The importance of technical education (Part III)

By Fr. Gerald Jumbam Nyuykongmo, Principal, St. Rita’s Catholic Technical High School, Nkambe

The failure of a Judge to appear in court, even in Yaoundé, may not make any sizeable news, but if an electrical technician in Edea forgets to turn on lights just for an hour it may cause a riot in the national territory.

Strengthening Environmental and Conservation Education in primary and secondary schools in Cameroon

By Florence Ndiyah

Making teaching aids like paper and chalk stumps out of waste materials and embedding the environmental impact of uranium exploitation in Cameroon into various subject courses were some lessons a group of more than 60 teachers, managers and pedagogic inspectors of  public and private education in the North West Region took away from a workshop on Strengthening Environmental and Conservation Education in Schools.

Catholic Education secretaries and principals of Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province meet in Kumbo

Rev. Fr. Gerald Jumbam Nyuykongmo

The Annual Meeting of education secretaries and principals of Catholic colleges of Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province took place at St. Jerome's Biblical and Pastoral Centre Bamkika-ai - Kumbo from Tuesday, January 10 to Thursday, January 12, 2012.

The importance of Technical Education (Part II)

By Fr. Gerald Jumbam Nyuykongmo, Principal, St. Rita's Catholic Technical High School, Nkambe

Teach a man to fish

We must incorporate into our public school system a larger recognition of the practical and industrial elements in educational training. Ours is an agricultural population. The school must be brought more closely to the soil.

The importance of Technical Education (Part I)

By Fr. Gerald Jumbam Nyuykongmo, Principal, St. Rita’s Catholic Technical High School, Nkambe

Technical education promotes self reliance

Technical Education is topical given the situation of things in most parts of Cameroon today. The problem of education, or rather fine education is, no doubt, the bane of our country and many African countries today.

20th National PTA General Assembly reviews contribution to the building of new world

By Dominique Morfaw in Yaounde

The 20th General Assembly of the National Association of Parents-teachers Association, PTA, held in John XXIII Centre, Mvolye, from November 15-16, 2011 and reviewed the PTA contribution to the building of a new world through forming good Christians and citizens.

Catholic School PTA wants government to pay teachers

By Jude Abanseka

Parents and teachers in Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province have resolved to give Catholic schools a facelift in 2012. This decision was arrived at the end of Bamenda Ecclesiastical Provincial Parents-Teachers’ Association, BEPPTA, annual meeting which held in Bamenda on Friday, November 11, 2011.